It's not a bad thing or a good thing. But it's a possible avenue of influence and pressure from outside of the EU's own internal democratic process. It's fair

It's not a bad thing or a good thing. But it's a possible avenue of influence and pressure from outside of the EU's own internal democratic process. It's fair to scrutinize the investments and how the investors behave. This is not unexpected or unreasonable, since China itself also generally insists that outside countries stay out of China's internal decision making processes and domestic governance. It's well known that China's companies are controlled to a relatively great extent by its government. And the priorities, values and goals of the ruling party of China differ from those of the EU. When local EU priorities, values and goals come into conflict with those of China's government and, by extension, China's investment companies, it's reasonable for the EU to be concerned about pressure and influence from the government of China. Here's an example: "China has long won diplomatic allies in the world’s poor countries by helping them build expensive roads and ports. Now, it appears to have similarly won over a needy country in Europe. At a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council this month in Geneva, the European Union sought to draw renewed attention to human rights abuses in China — only to be blocked by one of its member countries, Greece. A spokesman for the Greek Foreign Ministry in Athens called it “unproductive criticism.”" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/world/europe/china-human-rights-greece-united-nations.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/19/world/europe/china-human-...