Locals call it “the pagoda” – a concrete edifice in the Greek port of Piraeus that resembles a temple in the East. In the parking lot of the derelict building, tourists from cruise ships board buses that whisk them to the archaeological sites of Athens.
If Chinese State-owned giant COSCO Shipping has its way, it will make the pagoda into a five-star hotel and conference center, breathing more life into a port that the company has made the spearhead of its European operations.
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