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The Times: "How #Beijing bought up #Britain"
//Chinese investors have amassed a portfolio of #UK businesses, infrastructure, property and other assets worth nearly £135 billion, almost twice as much as was previously suspected.
The swift and largely unnoticed buying spree includes at least £44 billion of purchases by Chinese state-owned entities.
More than 80 of the 200 investments uncovered by The Sunday Times have taken place since 2019. These include:
- Stakes in critical infrastructure providers including Thames Water, UK Power Networks and Heathrow airport
- Nearly £57 billion worth of shares in FTSE 100 companies according to exclusive research by the data provider Argus Vickers
- About £10 billion worth of property and at least 17 private schools.//
Read full article:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/revealed-how-china-is-buying-up-britain
Source: Times #May3
The Times: "How #Beijing bought up #Britain"
//Chinese investors have amassed a portfolio of #UK businesses, infrastructure, property and other assets worth nearly £135 billion, almost twice as much as was previously suspected.
The swift and largely unnoticed buying spree includes at least £44 billion of purchases by Chinese state-owned entities.
More than 80 of the 200 investments uncovered by The Sunday Times have taken place since 2019. These include:
- Stakes in critical infrastructure providers including Thames Water, UK Power Networks and Heathrow airport
- Nearly £57 billion worth of shares in FTSE 100 companies according to exclusive research by the data provider Argus Vickers
- About £10 billion worth of property and at least 17 private schools.//
Read full article:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/revealed-how-china-is-buying-up-britain
Source: Times #May3
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#Mainlandization #FailedState
Hong Kong Goverment Closes Down its Office in Taiwan: "Not Covid-related"
On May 18, 2021, the Hong Kong SAR government announced that the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office in Taiwan will be shut down immediately.
The government claimed that the decision has nothing to do with the latest Covid-19 spike in Taiwan, but refused to disclose the actual reason.
Source: Apple Daily #May19 #Taiwan
Hong Kong Goverment Closes Down its Office in Taiwan: "Not Covid-related"
On May 18, 2021, the Hong Kong SAR government announced that the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office in Taiwan will be shut down immediately.
The government claimed that the decision has nothing to do with the latest Covid-19 spike in Taiwan, but refused to disclose the actual reason.
Source: Apple Daily #May19 #Taiwan