All That Glistens

Investigates how Chinese state entities have compromised British business and politics at the highest levels.In the 2010s, as China slid deeper into authoritarianism and the UK veered towards political uncertainty, the two countries declared a Golden Era of relations. This challenge to the established international order came amid rising global concern around Chinese party-state intrusions abroad.All That Glistenspeels away the shiny exterior of the Sino-British golden age to reveal a relationship built on global capitalism, British corruptionandChinese Communist Party influence overUK affairsto the disquiet of Londons allies.Drawing on his years on the ground in Beijing, as well as investigative research using open-source intelligence, MartinThorleys timely book sheds light on a murky aspect of international relations. He reveals coordinated Chinese state actions reaching into the heart of Parliament, and the widespread compromise of British politics by Chinese commercial entitiesparticularly nuclear energy, property development and currency-trading enterprises.Exposing the close connections between Westernfinancialisationand Chinas geopolitical interference, this book offers a cautionary tale for all liberal democracies.