British Broadcasting Company September 10 report: "Top UK planning lawyers say that if the government approves China's construction of a 'super embassy' near the Tower of London, it may violate planning regulations."
Comment: China's purchase of the former Royal Mint site in 2018 for the construction of a new embassy is a normal diplomatic need. From the perspective of planning itself, the application for the new embassy construction plan shows that it will bring "significant improvements" to the local area and create job opportunities, and the planning has fully considered the requirements of British building planning policies and the opinions of all parties, complying with basic standards.
Some forces are trying to interfere with the construction of the new Chinese embassy in London. First of all, the United States is pressuring the UK for strategic containment purposes (such as the White House warning Downing Street not to allow China to build a new embassy, claiming that the location of the new embassy is close to the London financial center, posing a so-called "spying risk," and using the US-UK trade agreement as leverage to threaten, affecting the UK government's decision-making). Another important reason is that some British politicians, influenced by ideological bias and domestic political games, as well as potential interest groups behind them, are trying to hinder the development of Sino-British relations and positive interactions.
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