Chinese Investors Have Bought up £135bn of British Infrastructure, Business, Schools: Report

Breitbart ^ | 2 May 2021 | KURT ZINDULKA

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British businesses, schools, property, and critical infrastructure have reportedly been bought up by Chinese investors to the tune of £135 billion, doubling previous estimates.

Companies or investors from communist-run China have been revealed to own stakes in infrastructure projects such as Thames Water, Heathrow airport, and UK Power Networks. The Chinese have also bought some £57 billion in shares in FTSE 100 companies as well as some £10 billion in property throughout Britain.

The scale of Chinese investment in the United Kingdom has significantly ramped up over the past few years, according to an investigation by the Sunday Times, which found that 40 per cent of the 200 investments uncovered were made since 2019.

A previous accounting estimate of Chinese investment in Britain, conducted by the American Enterprise Institute, put the level at $99 billion (£71 billion).

Of the £135 billion in Chinese investments revealed by the latest investigation, at least £44 billion came from entities owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The paper did note, however, that the value of “dozens of investments” was not possible to determine, and therefore the true scale of Chinese encroachment in Britain is likely far higher than the £135 billion identified.

Former Tory leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith commented: “This demonstrates that successive governments have been asleep on the watch. This evidence today shows how dangerously we are sailing towards Chinese control of key aspects of our business.

“China poses the single greatest strategic threat to the UK and the free world and we must make sure that we understand exactly how they set about essentially controlling key areas of economies, not only in the UK but also abroad.”

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The Wuhan flu was an act of war by the Chinese Communist Party on the world economy so they could take over the rest of the world without firing a shot.

And it's working.

And you know they're doing the same thing here, but the gaslight press would never breathe a word about it.

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That explains a lot.

[indthkr]

ChiCom money - bump for later....

[Richard Axtell]

I’ll bet Jack Ma is not one of those investors. Hard to call your broker, from a solitary padded cell, or grave.

[dfwgator]

Pither Excuse me. Is this the British Consulate?

Chinaman Yes yes... si si...that is correctment. Yes... Piccadilly Circus, mini-skirt and Joe Lyons.

Pither I wish to see the consul, please.

Chinaman Yes, yes, speakee speakee... me Blitish consul.

Pither Oh! (he examines his diary.) You are Rear Admiral Sir Dudley Compton?

Chinaman No. He died. He have heart attack and fell out of window onto exploding bomb, and was killed in a shooting accident. I...I his how you say...succ...sussor.

[kaktuskid]

Can be nationalized at the drop of a hat...