Thread: Chinese owner fights access

Originally Posted by 300CALMAN

My experience with the neighboring developer was that once he got his consent he started to do things as he wanted. Even his contractors told me that is the way it is in China. if you are a wealthy developer and have the contacts you do pretty much what you want. I's the Governments land after all.

We need to wise up to how things work in other parts of the world.

This is what "likely to adversely affect New Zealand's image overseas as a place to invest" means. It is a poorly veiled threat. The Chinese love to threaten and are very comfortable with it.

They have sent their entire upper echelon to Western Universities, so lately they have developed the Brittish Empire/American Empire practice of signing agreements, getting what they want, then ignoring the agreements because they can.