The War on the West

by Douglas Murray

These countries are not alone. The UK government gave the Chinese the go-ahead to build and maintain a new nuclear reactor in England. And before a swift reversal, China’s government-backed communications firm Huawei was briefly tasked with helping to create the UK’s new 5G network. Of course, no country could carry out such a swift global expansion without a key ingredient, and that is elite capture. The CCP’s ability to buy up influence among the elites in each of the countries the party is hoping to enter is unparalleled in its scope and munificence. Across the countries of the West, all who have been in need of some postretirement financing, from former prime ministers on down, have found comfortable sinecures thanks to Chinese firms. Even among the relatively lower ranks of political figures in the West, the CCP and its fronts have been busy buying people up.