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Originally Posted by clf
it is just a thought, but could this be a payout to a british company perhaps carrying out the work in China, maybe because they cannot conduct their business and research in the UK? Or for research into how to carry out the fracking along with monitoring the damage caused?
Both reasons are still morally wrong but it could be a 'workaround' for the research and development of fracking.
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Surely the question should be “why is U.K. taxpayer £’s being used to fund this?”
Given China’s complete disregard for patent law and Intellectual Property rights I would find it difficult to believe that such actions would be sensible for any right thinking person.
But ...... - thinking about it - we are not talking about “right thinking people” here - we are talking politicians - so I suspect this is the most likely explanation.