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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

David Cameron’s appointment to investment fund ‘part engineered by China’

David Cameron leaving an inquiry in London.
The former prime minister was named vice chair of the of the £1bn China-UK investment fund. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

David Cameron’s appointment as vice-chair of the £1bn China-UK investment fund and Sir Danny Alexander’s appointment as vice-president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank were in part engineered by the Chinese state, parliament’s intelligence and security committee (ISC) found.

Their appointment was to lend credibility to Chinese investment as well as the broader Chinese brand, according to confidential evidence given to the intelligence watchdog.

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