As government officials and British Steel staff race to save its blast furnaces after what ministers believe was a plot to sabotage the Scunthorpe plant by its Chinese owners, there are more eyes than ever on Chinese investments in the UK.
MPs were recalled to parliament on Saturday to pass emergency legislation allowing the government to seize control of British Steel after Jingye, its Chinese owner, appeared to be gearing up to turn off the blast furnaces at the site. But British Steel isn’t the only critical infrastructure in which China has a stake.
