Downing Street is under fire over revived plans to build a vast Chinese "super embassy" in London — a proposal previously blocked by the former Conservative government.Planning documents for the proposed site, located at the historic Royal Mint buildings near the Tower of London, reveal “two suites of anonymous unlabelled basement rooms and a tunnel”, with their intended purpose redacted “for security reasons”.The Conservatives have accused the government of "appeasement" towards Beijing, warning the so-called "dungeons" could be used for espionage or to intimidate dissidents, according to the Mail on Sunday.
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00:00Downing Street is under fire over revived plans to build a vast Chinese super embassy
00:05in London, a proposal previously blocked by the former Conservative government.
00:10Planning documents for the proposed site near the Tower of London reveal two suites of anonymous
00:14unlabeled basement rooms and a tunnel, with their intended purpose redacted for security
00:18reasons.
00:19The Conservatives have reportedly accused the government of appeasement towards Beijing,
00:23warning the so-called dungeons could be used for espionage or to intimidate dissidents.
00:28The original embassy plans were blocked under the Conservative government, following objections
00:32from British intelligence agencies and Scotland Yard.
00:35Both bodies raised concerns about the proximity of sensitive data cables that could be intercepted
00:40by Chinese spies.
00:41But the application was resubmitted in January this year, shortly before Chancellor Rachel
00:46Reeves visited China.
00:48President Xi Jinping is said to have personally lobbied for the embassy's approval.
00:52The government has yet to comment publicly on the renewed application.
00:58Last year.
00:59Establishment of the British intelligence has been presented in January 3, 221 years long,
01:01or near the
01:15past couple of years.
01:16So that there is a question here.
01:17You may be looking at this point here.