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Recently, the merger of the British telecommunications operator Vodafone and the telecommunications company threeuk under the Li Ka-shing Changhe Group has attracted the review of the relevant departments in the United Kingdom. This move has aroused people's attention and makes people wonder, why did Britain attack Li Ka-shing at this time?
First of all, the merger and acquisition case involves the issue of "**". Changhe Group is a Li Ka-shing family business headquartered in Hong Kong, China. Considering that Hong Kong is part of China, there are some security risks if the UK's largest telecom operator becomes a "Chinese company". The UK is concerned that if sensitive information or classified intelligence is involved, it could pose a risk to ***.
Secondly, the UK** also reviewed the merger and acquisition case on the grounds of an "antitrust investigation". They believe that the current competitive landscape in the UK telecommunications market has reached a state of equilibrium. If this merger is successful, it will make competition in the telecommunications market unfavorable and may even lead to an increase in the price of ** fees. However, this argument seems a bit far-fetched. Back in 2016, 3UK tried to merge with O2, the UK's second-largest operator, but was rejected by the European Commission on similar antitrust grounds. Now, it is incomprehensible that the merger involving the third and fourth largest telecommunications companies is suddenly accused of "monopoly".
In general, the review of this merger by the UK** is mainly based on two reasons, namely *** and antitrust investigation. However, these reasons seem far-fetched to some extent and give the impression that the British ** are intentional or biased against Li Ka-shing.
Since 2010, the Li Ka-shing family has made the UK its primary investment target, with an investment amount of more than 300 billion yuan. They are present in the UK in the fields of electricity, telecommunications, gas**, water, etc. At its peak, Li Ka-shing even had 1.4 percent of the UK electricity distribution market, more than 40% of the telecommunications market, nearly 30% of the natural gas** market and nearly 7% of the water supply market.
However, after more than a decade of investment, the UK** finally took action against Li Ka-shing and blocked the merger of Vodafone and 3UK. The failure of this merger case makes people wonder whether the British ** is biased against Li Ka-shing.
The censorship of the United Kingdom** is reminiscent of the "pig killing plate" of the third brother (India) next door. The third brother next door is known as the "graveyard of multinational corporations", often taking advantage of preferential policies to attract foreign investment, and then nationalizing large sums of property for various spurious reasons. Now, however, Britain seems to have learned the craft and treated Li Ka-shing in a similar way. They claim that their market is the most open in the world, attracting large investments from Li Ka-shing. But once the investment was in place, they began to implement all kinds of obstacles and distractions that made it difficult for Li Ka-shing to run his business smoothly.
In general, the behavior of the British ** investment in Li Ka-shing makes people sigh, and it has been proved that the "pig killing plate" is not a patent of India, and the United Kingdom has also used this method very skillfully, using Li Ka-shing as an "ATM".
For Li Ka-shing, he has always adhered to the principle of "you can't put all your eggs in the same basket" to invest. However, he may not have imagined that his investment in the UK would eventually be betrayed by the British. The UK's censorship makes it difficult for him to withdraw his investments, which may have an impact on his wealth.
In any case, the incident of the UK** censoring Li Ka-shing's investment once again reminds us to be vigilant against the risks of foreign investment and not to trust the promises and guarantees of other countries. We must remain vigilant and treat foreign investment with caution to ensure that our country's security and interests are not compromised.
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