UK delays decision for third time on China’s plan for Europe’s largest embassy

Britain delayed on Tuesday for a third time a decision on whether to approve China’s controversial plans to build the largest embassy in Europe in London.
China’s plans to build a new embassy on the site of a two-century-old building near the Tower of London have stalled for the past three years because of opposition from local residents, lawmakers and Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners in Britain.
Concerns that the new embassy could be used as a base for spying have prompted some politicians in Britain and the United States to urge the government to block Beijing’s plans.