Telegraph sale in turmoil after lead bidder linked to China’s politburo

Media group’s own paper publishes photo of RedBird Capital chair with alleged spy ring chiefThe sale of the Telegraph Media Group has been plunged into fresh turmoil after the company’s own newspaper linked its presumed new owner to the suspected ringleader of the alleged Westminster Chinese spy ring.Wednesday’s edition of the Daily Telegraph published a 2024 photograph of the financier John Thornton shaking hands with Cai Qi, a senior member of the Chinese Communist party’s ruling politburo, raising questions as to whether the British title is being eyed as a means for China to exert foreign influence. Continue reading...

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