{"id":310998,"date":"2026-01-20T12:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/plans-approved-for-chinese-super-embassy-in-the-heart-of-london-despite-objections\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T12:00:17","slug":"plans-approved-for-chinese-super-embassy-in-the-heart-of-london-despite-objections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/plans-approved-for-chinese-super-embassy-in-the-heart-of-london-despite-objections\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans approved for Chinese &#8216;super&#8217; embassy in the heart of London, despite objections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/oUsg4-HtE2M\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Plans approved for Chinese 'super' embassy in the heart of London, despite objections\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oUsg4-HtE2M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Plans for China&#8217;s new &quot;super&quot; embassy in London have been approved by the government.<\/p>\n<p>It will be built within the historic Royal Mint site, which is next to the city&#8217;s financial district and almost overlooks the Tower of London. <\/p>\n<p>Campaigners and opposition parties had called on ministers not to give the site the green light, due to it being close to strategically important internet cables that support the City of London.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/politics-latest-starmer-labour-trump-lammy-vance-tankers-greenland-threats-nato-12593360<\/p>\n<p>#skynews #uknews #politics <\/p>\n<p>SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews<br \/>\nThe World with Richard Engel and Yalda Hakim podcast is available for free here: https:\/\/podfollow.com\/the-world-with-richard-and-yalda<br \/>\nWatch more Richard and Yalda videos here: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheWorldwithRichardandYalda<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/skynews<br \/>\nLike us on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/skynews<br \/>\nFollow us on TikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@skynews<br \/>\nFor more content go to http:\/\/news.sky.com and download our apps: Apple https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/app\/sky-news\/id316391924?mt=8 Android<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.bskyb.skynews.android&#038;hl=en_GB<br \/>\nTo enquire about licensing Sky News content, you can find more information here: https:\/\/news.sky.com\/info\/library-sales<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans for China&#8217;s new &quot;super&quot; embassy in London have been approved by the government. 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Campaigners and opposition parties had called on ministers not to give the site the green light, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":310999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128811],"tags":[130915,129554,132955],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-310998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sky-news","tag-chinas","tag-plans","tag-super"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Plans approved for Chinese &#039;super&#039; embassy in the heart of London, despite objections | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Plans approved for Chinese &#039;super&#039; embassy in the heart of London, despite objections for free, here on News ISC. 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