The United Kingdom has approved plans for a new Chinese “mega embassy” in central London, despite fears it could make it easier for the Chinese Communist Party to conduct nefarious spying operations on the West.
The approval — which clears the way for what would become Beijing’s largest diplomatic outpost in Europe — allows China to redevelop a sprawling former Royal Mint site near the Tower of London into a single, consolidated embassy complex.
It would replace Beijing’s current, smaller facility elsewhere in the capital.
The United Kingdom has approved plans for a new Chinese “mega embassy” in central London, allowing China to redevelop a sprawling former Royal Mint site near the Tower of London into a single, consolidated complex. Getty Images The site
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