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The Committee of the US House of Representatives sounded an alarm because of the Chinese plan to build a huge Embassy in London, saying that the project caused “significant security problems” for the UK financial services industry.
“Mega-embassy of the People’s Republic of China in the UK expresses significant security problems: from interference and supervision to risk for sensitive infrastructure such as London financial services,” wrote on x.
“We need to solve this question urgently and work with our allies for the protection of national security,” added the committee chaired by John Moolenar, a Republican Congressman of Michigan.
China He wants to build his largest diplomatic complex in Europe near the London Tower, replacing his embassy in Marylebone in Central London. But the project has caused the concern of locals and some politicians who warned about the potential for increased spying.
Last year, President XI Jinping raised the question of a new building with British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also discussed the topic – and the separate plan of the UK to build a new embassy in Beijing – with British Foreign Minister David Lammy in London last week, according to people who were sent to diplomatic conversations.
In recent years, the UK security officers, especially Mi5They became louder about the alleged Chinese spy.
Local authorities Tower Hamlets, which is responsible for the historic place of Royal Mint Court, refused to approve the project last year, partly on security bases. Angela Rayner housing secretary later took control of planning a decision and finally decides.
Metropolitan police have previously expressed opposition to the proposed plans for concern that anti-ka’s protests will affect traffic, but later withdrew her complaints.
In January, Lammy and British secretary Yvette Cooper expressed their support for the project, saying that countries must have a diplomatic presence.
The intervention followed after a trip to the Cinema Chancellor of UK, Rachel Reeves aimed at strengthening economic ties. The journey was marked by the first visit to China by the British chancellor since 2017 and it came while the Starmer government increased a diplomatic engagement with Beijing.
The concerns launched in Washington’s House of China’s Homes come while Trump’s administration discusses whether to approve the agreement between the UK and the Mauritius that has Consequences for a critical joint military base of UK-UK On Diego Garcia, one of the islands in the Chagos archipelago.
He is now worried about the potential that China is spying on Diego Garcia, which is an important transit point for nuclear submarines and bombers.
