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China says US has 'no right to interfere' in Hamburg port deal

BEIJING (Reuters) - The U.S has "no right to interfere" in Chinese cooperation with Germany, the foreign ministry said Thursday, after Washington "strongly suggested" that Beijing would not get a controlling stake in a contested deal regarding Hamburg's port terminal.

The U.S. interference is symptomatic of its practice of coercive diplomacy, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing in Beijing.

Chinese container ship "Cosco Shipping Aries" is unloaded at a loading terminal in the port of Hamburg

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