the Brits just can't stopdoing stupid dumbfukk things
Scandal in the UK. China is building a spy hub next to its embassy
The new Chinese embassy super-complex in London reportedly includes around 200 secret rooms. One of them, a 40-square-meter underground chamber, is located right next to fibre-optic cables serving the financial district. The room is designed with powerful hot and cold air extraction systems, suggesting it could house supercomputers.
China has been trying to redevelop the former Royal Mint complex near the Tower of London since 2018. Xi Jinping has reportedly raised this issue multiple times in phone calls with Keir Starmer.
Plans to build what would be Chinaβs largest embassy in Europe were rejected in 2022 by the Tower Hamlets council. However, last year the project was transferred for review to a relevant ministry.
Less than two weeks after Chancellor Rachel Reevesβ visit to China, the position shifted: Tower Hamlets withdrew its objections. And according to The Guardian, China is now likely to get the deal approved before Starmer's visit to Beijing at the end of this month.
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