Spying, oppression and secret rooms: Security concerns over China’s new embassy

Police officers outside Royal Mint Court, London, where China wants to build its new embassy (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

The UK has given the go-ahead to a vast new Chinese embassy in London, despite warnings that it could pose national security risks.

MI5 said that while “it is not realistic to expect to be able wholly to eliminate each and every potential risk,” the “package of mitigations deals acceptably with a wide range of sensitive national security issues”.