It amazes me that we see it as some kind of victory when China takes over yet another part of our economy. Bit by bit, they and certain middle-eastern states are buying up prime property, infrastructure, once-major industries and utilities and no-one, least of all our government, seems bothered. They act like a weary father in a Jane Austen novel, marrying off a problem child to an undesirable, aged, thrice widowed yet wealthy suitor. It will come back to bite us on our collective bottoms, I’d wager.
