The Daily Populous Tuesday January 20th, 2026 evening edition
Authored by uk.news.yahoo.com and submitted by yahoonews

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Battle_Biscuits on January 20th, 2026 at 11:48 UTC »

This is China consolidating several diplomatic sites into one, so it does make it easier for MI5 to monitor the embassy. Of course, the embassy will be used as a hub for intelligence gathering (like all embassies) but as long as MI5 are confident the risks can be managed (which they seem to be) then I don't object to this.

BlackTiger03 on January 20th, 2026 at 11:24 UTC »

China WILL spy, but hey at least they wont threaten to invade every weaker ally nation, like another who does so in addition to spying

yahoonews on January 20th, 2026 at 11:12 UTC »

Reuters reports: Britain's government gave approval on Tuesday for China to build its largest embassy in Europe in London, hoping to improve ties with Beijing despite British and U.S. politicians' warnings that it could be used ​as a base for spying.

The approval was subject to some conditions.

China's plans to build a new embassy on the site of the two-century-old ‌Royal Mint Court near the Tower of London have stalled for three years over opposition from local residents, lawmakers and Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigners in Britain.