The Chinese regime will not be able to move its UK embassy to a historical site in East London after the local council voted unanimously to reject the plan.
The Chinese government purchased the site of the old Royal Mint, which is a short walk from the Tower Bridge, for £255 million ($310 million) in 2018.
According to a planning application submitted by the Chinese embassy in the UK, the regime wanted to develop the site into a new embassy compound. If allowed to go ahead, it would become the largest diplomatic base in the UK and would be 10 times the size of China’s current embassy at Portland Place in central London….