2025-06-08 16:58
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2025-06-08 16:58
The White House warned the Prime Minister of Great Britain against consent to build a Chinese embassy near the sensitive London financial centers – The Times said on Sunday.
The “Supermbasady” construction plan was blocked by the previous government due to the warnings of the British intelligence regarding its location and risk of espionage, but was reactivated after personal lobbying on the part of China's leader XI Jinping.
However, there have been new fears about the safety of the complex at the Royal Mint Court due to its proximity to the sensitive node of critical communication cables that can be susceptible to attacks. The proposed location is located directly between the financial centers in City and Canary Wharf and nearly three important data centers. The high -ranking US official told the diary that the US is deeply concerned about “the possibility of providing China with access to confidential messages of one of our closest allies.”
When asked what impact the embassy's approval would have on a trade agreement from the USA, the White House official stated that the US “expects all decisions to be made taking into account our (both American and British) national security interests and after thorough alleviation recommended and approved by counterintelligence specialists.”
American President Donald Trump insisted that Prime Minister Keir Starmer refuse to permission for “Supermbass”. Diplomats say that Trump's administration would have reservations about sharing intelligence with Great Britain, if the embassy was opened. According to the daily, fiber optic cables supplying London City – the heart of British financial services – run under the planned Beijing embassy.
In the opinion of John Molenaar, chairman of the China Committee in the American Chamber of Representatives, such a location “would be an unacceptable risk for our institutions. China's communist party has a clear history of attacking critical infrastructure.” He decided that it would be a “strange mistake in assessing the situation by London.”
Beijing wants to rebuild the buildings of the former mint near Tower of London. The plot was bought in 2018. The planned building would be the seat of China's largest embassy in Europe.
A spokesman for the China embassy has previously rejected accusations of espionage, saying that “Anti -Chinese elements are always happy to slander and attack” Beijing. (PAP)
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