17 schools are already owned by Chinese companies, 9 of which are owned by firms whose founders or bosses are among China's most senior Communist Party members, according to reports.Farage warned the UK government Saturday to "wake up to the dangers and act quickly" because "the world is being taken over by stealth by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Under a neo-colonial project, President Xi Jinping hopes to achieve global economic domination via massive international investments."

"For example, three schools and a network of colleges are now owned by the Bright Scholar Group, run by Yang Huiyan, whose billionaire father is a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party. In essence, this is nothing less than a Communist takeover of part of Britain's private education sector," Farage said.