China’s investments in other countries’ critical infrastructure has long been a sensitive issue for governments and media, but the Thames Water crisis has forced the topic back into the limelighy Taz_Ali_ explains key infrastructure owned by China ⬇️
Nearly 200 British companies are either controlled by Chinese investors or have them as minority shareholders, with investments totalling £134bn,The largest shareholder in Thames Water is Canadian pension fund Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, which owns 32 per cent, while other investors include the UK’s biggest private pension fund, the Universities Superannuation Scheme, and Infinity Investments, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority.
Minority stake in Terminal Link by China Merchants Port Holdings, which operates in Marseilles, France, as well as Texas, US.Majority stake by China Three Gorges Corporation in Meerwind Sued/Ost offshore wind farm in Germany. In the US, concerns have been raised over Chinese ownership of American agricultural land. In the past 40 years, Chinese companies and investors have bought up farmland and purchased major food companies including Smithfield Foods, the US’ largest pork processor.
Plans by the Chinese-based Fufeng Group to build a $700m corn mill about 12 miles from the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North DakotaHowever, China owns a small percentage – about 0.9 per cent – of all foreign-owned US agricultural land as of 2021,
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