Chinese ‘government-controlled company’ accused of stealthily buying UK semiconductor start-up

The British government has been accused of dropping the ball by allowing a company with alleged ties to the Chinese government to acquire a semiconductor start-up against the United Kingdom’s national interests.

Flusso, a company which was spun out of the University of Cambridge’s Electrical Engineering department, designs tiny flow sensors that can be used to regulate liquid and air flows in advanced technologies with industrial and consumer applications.

It announced last August that it had been acquired by a …

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