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Safeguarding our Systems: Managing Chinese Investment into the UK’s Digital and Critical National Infrastructure, described by Sir Malcolm Rifkind as “authoritative and spot on”, analyses how large Chinese buy-outs of strategic assets are driving a debate among Western allies on the need to balance economic growth with national security.

The report findings include that China’s investment into Western advanced economies – including that of the UK – is increasing and changing in scope. It has moved away from commodities in developing economies and moved to targeting key high-tech sectors and critical national infrastructure.