Busy day for Herefordshire firefighters
IT WAS A busy day for firefighters in Herefordshire with several calls to incidents in the county yesterday.
Source: herefordtimes.com
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Martin Rees: 'The concept of equal opportunity is a sham'
Too many bright minds are lured by City salaries, according to Lord Rees of Ludlow
Source: telegraph.co.uk
Chinese investors 'spend £134 BILLION on UK assets including infrastructure and FTSE 100 firms
Chinese investors have spent at least £134billion on UK assets, including private schools, infrastructure businesses and top ranked British firms, it has today been reported. Investors and businesses based China or Hong Kong now own stakes in key infrastructure businesses such as Thames Water, Heathrow Airport and UK Power Networks, according to the Sunday Times. As much as £57billion is also invested in FTSE 100 companies, according to the paper. And, as previously reported by the Mail on Sunday, Chinese firms have also invested heavily in prestigious private schools - including Thetford...
Source: dailymail.co.uk
China Buys Western Academics
CATS Colleges" Beginning in September 2019, in Urumqi, the capital of the Uyghur region of Xinjiang in western China, Christian Mestre, honorary dean of the University of Strasbourg faculty of law, participated in an "international seminar on the fight against terrorism, de-radicalization and the protection of human rights". The seminar was organized by the People's Republic of China. Mestre's statements were transcribed by both the state media, the Xinhua news agency, as well as the nationalist newspaper Global Times. "I hope that France and other European countries can adopt the answers pr...
Source: gatestoneinstitute.org
British private institutions being bought by Chinese firms
Hundreds of independent schools left in dire financial straits by the coronavirus pandemic are being targeted by Chinese investors, The Mail on Sunday can reveal. Experts anticipate a 'feeding frenzy' as firms, including some run by high-ranking members of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, seek to expand their influence over Britain's education system. Seventeen schools are already owned by Chinese companies, but that number is set to rocket. Amid rising concern about Beijing's tentacles reaching into British classrooms, an investigation by this newspaper can reveal: Nine of the 17 schools...
Source: dailymail.co.uk