"they" being the CCP, or high-net-worth Chinese nationals attempting to get their money out of China?

Because if the latter, then the CCP is not going to give a monkey's what happens to that property. The CCP has been trying to stop rich Chinese from investing outside China for years now.

CCP. I’m talking shipping ports, infra investments etc

I'm no expert, but I understood that those were more "diplomatic" investments. The ports in Sri Lanka, for example, are impractical and unused, their function fulfilled as soon as the deal was agreed.

They've bought over a dozen existing shipping ports in Europe https://www.npr.org/2018/10/09/642587456/chinese-firms-now-h...

That's interesting, I didn't know it was that widespread. Thanks :)