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For wealthy foreigners, respectability is the ultimate asset. Buying a mansion on millionaires’ row is only half the job — the real sign that you’ve entered Britain’s high society is by hosting a glamorous party there, thronged with titled bigwigs. And as this week’s scalding Intelligence and Security Committee report on Russia confirmed, their influence … Read more
A leading figure in a Chinese group allegedly created to groom foreign elites has been pictured with five British prime ministers. Photographs uncovered by the Daily Mail show how Zhirong Hu has moved among the British Establishment. He has met Boris Johnson, Theresa May, David Cameron, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. Mr Hu is a … Read more
‘Love of my life’: Lord Bates and Li Xuelin on their wedding day in 2012 Li Xuelin has always been a woman in a hurry. But perhaps on her wedding day, she allowed herself a moment to reflect on her dizzying, though carefully calibrated, journey from communist China to the heart of the British Establishment. After exchanging … Read more
Prominent Britons of Chinese heritage are very important in promoting China’s interests in the West. Christine Lee is a solicitor whose firm has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, as well as London. Her links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) go deep. She has been chief legal adviser to the Chinese embassy in … Read more
Paul Thomas on… accusations of China turning British establishment figures into agents By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 00:03 BST, 8 July 2020 | Updated: 01:28 BST, 8 July 2020 Advertisement ‘Do you HONESTLY believe China is spying on the British establishment, Buffy?’ To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or … Read more
They are persons of considerable influence – City grandees, royal representatives and major charity heads. Among them are a life peer and three knights of the realm. Another was a top Whitehall mandarin. All have impeccable CVs, barring one scandal. The British individuals gathered up by the Chinese telecoms giant Huawei to work for the … Read more