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'Prominent' Chinese super-embassy sends 'certain message', US Speaker Mike Johnson says
Mike Johnson highlighted security risks and symbolic implications of China’s 208-room super-embassy near critical UK communications, amid growing protests and pending ministerial approval.
- Ahead of his address to the UK parliament on Tuesday, Mike Johnson, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, criticised China securing Royal Mint Court, saying the large embassy near sensitive cables sends a concerning message and he wished the US had taken the site.
- Concerns centre on the site's proximity to Royal Mint Court's critical communications cables and reports of a hidden chamber, raising security and scale fears.
- On Saturday, about 1,000 protesters organised by the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China gathered outside the proposed embassy site, with Badenoch speaking to the crowd and protesters chanting against the 'mega-embassy'.
- Cabinet-Level objections collided with a timetable that has Steve Reed expected to approve the embassy this week, while sources say Beijing awaits UK approval and residents and legal experts foresee a judicial challenge.
- Former security officials note MI5 and MI6 have not lodged formal objections, Ciaran Martin said Britain’s spies likely scrutinised the plans, and Lord Evans called China an area of real concern on Sunday.
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