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Didn't Chinese take a Greek port in like 2010?

You don't care if a foreign power controls a mall - but that is not the same as controlling ports / other infrastructure.

You can tax every person's salary by ramping up fees at the ports, or destroy all the malls in the country via the port.

I'm not saying it's a bad deal or a good deal - I don't know enough about all the effects.. but there isn't much difference in taking some money from a paycheck and making everything you buy with said paycheck more expensive for example.