China and Greece edge closer, as PM visits Shanghai

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted on Monday in China that his government is "determined to facilitate foreign investors" in a message that was seen to not only target Beijing but other financial centers as well.

During what was described as a "warm" meeting on Monday in Shanghai with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Mitsotakis said he chose to visit China after only four months in office and lead a delegation of Greek businessmen to attend its International Import Expo 2019 - where Greece is one of three honored countries - in order to highlight the priority given by his government to luring investments and to send out the message that Greece is back on the financial map.

"In this way I want to show the special significance I attach to our bilateral ties," he told Xi.

Moreover, referring to Greece's approval of Cosco's master plan to upgrade the port of...