The offices of a Chinese airport security scanner manufacturer have been raided by European Union officials amid a crackdown on subsidies from Beijing. Local authorities in the Netherlands and Poland targeted the offices of Nuctech on Tuesday morning, seizing mobile phones and IT equipment. The partly state-owned company, which makes baggage security scanners, has come under increasing scrutiny in recent months owing to security concerns. However, the decision to raid its offices comes amid growing tensions between the EU and China, as Brussels has increasingly sought to halt Beijing-backed companies flooding Europe with cheap products. Already, EU policymakers have targeted China’s electric car market over claims that it has received billions of pounds in state backing from Beijing, with investment used to launch new cars in Europe. A separate investigation into China’s medical device market was also launched by Brussels on Wednesday amid concerns that European rivals were being denied fair access to the country. Nuctech’s baggage scanning and X-ray machines are used across Europe at airports and seaports, although its technology has been barred in Lithuania because of security fears. The US has also placed Nuctech on a national security blacklist after claiming in 2020 that the company risked...