TOM TUGENDHAT: This isn’t paranoia. Xi Jinping has put a pistol on the table

When was the last time you stripped a car to find out what made it work? You can do it with an old Land Rover, but modern vehicles hide more than just spark plugs under the bonnet.

Some of the Chinese-made parts are constantly talking to Beijing, and the implications for national security should worry the Government far more than they do.

I know this sounds like we’re back in the 1950s, but this isn’t paranoia, it is engineering.

The Met Police’s 1,600 electric and hybrid vehicles run on Chinese batteries and cellular modules. 

Buses built by Chinese manufacturer BYD have a satnav and

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