{"id":310758,"date":"2026-01-19T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/video-dispatch-is-china-about-to-get-a-new-mega-embassy-in-london\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:00:54","slug":"video-dispatch-is-china-about-to-get-a-new-mega-embassy-in-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/video-dispatch-is-china-about-to-get-a-new-mega-embassy-in-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Video dispatch: Is China about to get a new mega-embassy in London?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/86Q2zg-uPNE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Video dispatch: Is China about to get a new mega-embassy in London?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/86Q2zg-uPNE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A decision on China\u2019s controversial mega-embassy in London is imminent, with Chinese officials and British diplomats in Beijing anxiously awaiting the outcome of a planning application that could soon be approved. MPs from across the political spectrum have condemned the proposal, but UK security services say they can contain the espionage risks posed by the expanded site, which sits close to sensitive data cables linking to the City of London<br \/>\n UK politics live \u2013 latest updates<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A decision on China\u2019s controversial mega-embassy in London is imminent, with Chinese officials and British diplomats in Beijing anxiously awaiting the outcome of a planning application that could soon be approved. MPs from across the political spectrum have condemned the proposal, but UK security services say they can contain the espionage risks posed by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":310759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128995],"tags":[130915,129743,132379],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-310758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guardian-news","tag-chinas","tag-controversial","tag-decision"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Video dispatch: Is China about to get a new mega-embassy in London? | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Video dispatch: Is China about to get a new mega-embassy in London? for free, here on News ISC. 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