Beijing Renews Bid to Move London Embassy, Make 10 Times Larger

Published on August 12, 2024

Beijing has launched a new bid to build a so-called super embassy in London after a previous attempt failed last year. The Chinese embassy submitted a planning application to the Tower Hamlets council, 10 days after Labour entered Downing Street, according to public record on the council’s website. A previously application to turn the site of the old Royal Mint into the largest diplomatic base in the United Kingdom was rejected by the local councillors in December 2022 following a serious of protests and incidents involving Chinese diplomatic sites. The embassy failed to submit an appeal in time last year, and blamed the Conservative government for failing to intervene as the deadline elapsed....

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