{"id":36044,"date":"2026-01-21T18:21:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/21\/china-says-its-plans-for-new-london-embassy\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T18:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:21:00","slug":"china-says-its-plans-for-new-london-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/01\/21\/china-says-its-plans-for-new-london-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"China says its plans for new London embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China has planned its new embassy building in Britain in full compliance with international diplomatic practices and relevant laws.<br \/>Britain gave approval on \u2060Tuesday for China to build its largest embassy in Europe in London, hoping to\u2060improve ties with Beijing despite warnings from British and U.S. politicians that it could be used as a base for spying.<br \/>It is a host nation&#8217;s international obligation to provide support and convenience for the construction \u2060of diplomatic premises, this according to Guo Jiakun.<br \/>The approval process for the plans followed international diplomatic norms and British legal procedures.<br \/>Beijing&#8217;s plans to build a new embassy on the site of the two-century-old Royal Mint Court stalled for three years over opposition \u2060from local residents, lawmakers and Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners in Britain.<br \/>Tuesday&#8217;s decision came before an expected visit to China next week by Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the first by \u2060a British leader since 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China has planned its new embassy building in Britain in full compliance with international diplomatic practices and relevant laws.Britain gave approval on \u2060Tuesday for China to build its largest embassy in Europe in London, hoping to\u2060improve ties with Beijing despite warnings from British and U.S. politicians that it could be used as a base for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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