Outrage as Oxford University renames its prestigious Wykeham chair of physics after a Chinese firm with links to country s spy agency - in return for a £700,000 donation
University s Wykeham chair of physics will now be known as Tencent-Wykeham chair in honour of the computing conglomerate, Oxford sources have revealed
Chinese software company offered £700,000 donation to university in return
CIA sources have claimed Tencent received money and support from Ministry of State Security, China’s main intelligence agency, when it was first founded
Firm denies it received intelligence funding, saying its finances were transparent