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Approval of £100m Chinese mega-embassy in London questioned by legal experts

Ministers in the UK, including Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, have been warned that approving plans for a massive new Chinese embassy in London could be unlawful. Top planning lawyers, including ...
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Hard numbers: UK greenlights Chinese mega embassy, Australia advances gun control law after Bondi Beach massacre, Iran unleashes post-protest crackdown, Costa Rica’s right ...

600,000: The square footage of a new Chinese mega embassy slated for construction in London. (That’s 56,000 square meters for you non Imperial measurers.) London approved the project despite warnings ...
Wall Street Journal

U.K. Greenlights Chinese Mega Embassy, Risking Trump’s Wrath

The site of the former Royal Mint in London is set to house the new Chinese embassy.Henry Nicholls/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The U.K. has approved a new Chinese mega embassy in London, a ...
CNBC

Remember China's Belt and Road mega project? Here's what happened to it

China launched its 'Belt and Road Initiative' in 2013. The BRI is a global mega investment and infrastructure project designed to connect the world's second largest economy to the rest of Asia, Europe ...
Bloomberg L.P.

China Kicks Off Controversial Mega-Dam Project in Tibet

Chinese Premier Li Qiang launched construction of a mega-dam project in the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet on Saturday, with a total planned investment of 1.2 trillion yuan ($167 ...