Hundreds of independent schools left in dire financial straits by the coronavirus pandemic are being targeted by Chinese investors, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
Experts anticipate a feeding frenzy as firms, including some run by high-ranking members of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, seek to expand their influence over Britain s education system.
Seventeen schools are already owned by Chinese companies, but that number is set to rocket. Amid rising concern about Beijing s tentacles reaching into British classrooms, an investigation by this newspaper can reveal:
Nine of the 17 schools under Chinese control are owned by firms whose founders or bosses are among China s most senior Communist Party members;
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