Blaðamaðurinn Ben Chu skrifar í breska blaðið The Independent um landakaup Kínverjans Huangs Nubo á Íslandi. Chu talar um að það beri vott um móðursýki að tala um að Kínverjar séu með þessu að færa sig upp á skaftið í Norður-Atlantshafi. Síðan segir Chu:

„Mr Huang’s former job in the Chinese propaganda ministry has been cited as evidence of some sort of conspiracy. The Icelandic interior minister, Ogmundur Jonasson, has expressed worries about China’s „buying up land around the world“.

But what precisely is the danger here? Would China convert the holiday resort into a commercial harbour? Would Mr Huang’s hotel transform itself at the push of a button into a military complex, a bit like Tracy Island?

Acquiring land does not give foreign nationals a right to do what they want with it. It is when they start lobbying for changes to domestic law that Icelanders should start to worry. Meanwhile, Iceland should recall its own recent history: it’s often the investor, not the recipient of cash, that stands to lose most when an ambitious deal is signed.“