China Protests to UK as Plans for Super Embassy Near Failure
- Proposed former site of Royal Mint rejected by local council
- Beijing is frustrated Sunak’s government has not stepped in
Source: Tower Hamlets Council
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China has accused the British government of failing to meet its diplomatic obligations, after a plan to relocate its embassy to an historic building in east London appeared on the verge of collapse.
The Chinese government bought the old Royal Mint near the Tower of London for £255 million ($325 million) in 2018 with the intention of moving its embassy to the sprawling 700,000-square foot site from the central Marylebone district. China’s embassy in Washington DC is some 430,000 square foot, by comparison.