Security fears over China’s London embassy

The UK government has approved China’s plans to build its biggest
embassy in Europe despite widespread fears that it could be used to
target dissidents and intercept internet traffic to the City of London


“Super-embassy”
Area: 22,000m2
Former Royal Mint

Fibre-optic cables:
To City of London
financial district

Fibre-optic cables:
To Canary Wharf


Wapping
Telephone
Exchange

Embassy House

Cultural
Exchange

Johnson Smirke Building
(Embassy)

Entrance Pavilion

BASEMENT OF
EMBASSY COMPLEX

Mansell Street

East Smithfield

Seaman’s Registry:
Basement wall to be
rebuilt just 1m from
underground cables

Cooling system: 40m
wide chamber with two
air extraction systems
e.g. data centre

Total 208 hidden
rooms: Redacted
from publicly
available plans


LONDON
City
Embassy

Canary
Wharf


Sources: The Telegraph, The Guardian 
Picture: Apple Maps
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