{"id":144608,"date":"2026-01-21T09:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144608"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T09:01:08","slug":"china-mega-embassy-approval-further-boosts-uk-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=144608","title":{"rendered":"China mega-embassy approval further boosts UK relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe UK approved China\u2019s controversial plan to build a mega-embassy in London, a move that probably paves the way for Keir Starmer to make the first trip to Beijing by a British prime minister since 2018.<br \/>\nThe decision, following three delays, moves China closer to constructing the roughly 65,000 square metre (700,000 sq ft) embassy at the site of the former Royal Mint near the Tower of London. Local residents may challenge the decision in court.<br \/>\nStarmer is set to visit Beijing and Shanghai from&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/plus\/news\/china\/article\/3340688\/china-mega-embassy-approval-further-boosts-uk-relations?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe UK approved China\u2019s controversial plan to build a mega-embassy in London, a move that probably paves the way for Keir Starmer to make&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144608"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=144608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144608\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=144608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=144608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=144608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}