It doesn't say who recommended DP World's proposal for operating British ports. Curious if you knew who the recommendation came from and was the DP World deal recommeded so China wouldn't monopolize the port operations around Britain.
After re-reading the article, answered my own question - DP World, Dubai's state-owned ports operator, made an offer at 443p a share. Worth £3.3bn in total, this was recommended by the P&O board.