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CX Daily: Inside the U.K.’s China-Linked Shell Company Factory

Published: Feb. 27, 2026 9:00 a.m. GMT+8

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In Depth: Inside the U.K.’s China-Linked Shell Company Factory

(London) — More than 11,000 “British” companies — most linked to China — were incorporated or serviced by a network of three corporate secretarial firms that were later ordered into compulsory liquidation, the U.K. Insolvency Service said on Feb. 5.

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