Britain approves construction of a new Chinese ‘super-embassy’

This comes despite warnings from the Trump administration and others about the obvious problems with China building its largest diplomatic complex in Europe, including extensive underground construction, directly above and near fiber-optic cables that carry much of London’s sensitive financial information. White House sources said the administration is “deeply concerned” about the plans. This morning, President Trump also condemned Britain’s decision to hand the Diego Garcia military base to China’s ally, Mauritius, as “an act of great stupidity” and an “act of total weakness.” Britain, like Canada, is drawing dangerously close to China, even at the expense of its relationship with the U.S. and the obvious dangers to its own security. It is high time the West woke up to the threat from China.