What Could Go Wrong? Chinese London 'Super-Embassy' Plan Has Secret Room Right Next to Sensitive Cables

We regularly point out the foibles of Europe here at RedState, because really, what the heck is going on over there? Between unfettered migration, insane green energy policies, and rampant censorship, one can’t help but think our friend across the Pond have lost their way.

As if to hammer home the point, a proposed new Chinese “Super Embassy” in London, which is reportedly close to being approved by British authorities, reportedly has over 208 secret rooms, including one just a few feet away from fiber optic cables transmitting gobs of financial data.

Professor Anthony Glees, a professor of intelligence and security at the University of Buckingham, sounded the alarm on Breakfast, a radio show on Leading Britain’s Conversation network. It would be “absolutely mad” to allow China to continue with the plans, he argued:

'You can see from the plans how close rooms run to those cables - they can be tapped very easily,' he told LBC's Nick Ferrari at Breakfast.
'There are also heating systems suitable for large servers. In my view, this would not just spy on the UK, it would become the Chinese intelligence hub for the whole of Europe.'

🚨 NEW: The proposed Chinese super-embassy includes a secret basement room just a metre away from Britain's most sensitive communication cables

[@Telegraph] pic.twitter.com/HJbOnolKHI
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) January 12, 2026

This plan certainly seems suspect, unless you’re a member of the CCP:

Major critics of the proposed site, which will run as close as three feet to the internet infrastructure, warned that the secret room could serve as a hub for Chinese espionage. While the British government reportedly assured its allies that the lines do not carry sensitive government data, the cables transmit financial transactions as well as communication traffic for millions of internet users.
The blueprints were publicly unredacted Monday by The Telegraph, just one week before Prime Minister Keir Starmer is widely expected to approve the plans before his visit to see President Xi Jinping in China.

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Why would they need 208 secret rooms? Inquiring minds want to know.

Beyond the single chamber near the cables, the unredacted plans also revealed a network of 208 secret rooms beneath the diplomatic site. The basement appears to allow for emergency backup generators, sprinkler systems, communications cabling and showers, suggesting that officials could remain underground for extended periods, potentially to operate or monitor equipment.

Here’s what a conservative member of the British parliament had to say:

Approving the new Chinese super-embassy is a mistake.

Keir Starmer refuses to add China to the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme despite having been caught spying.

Now we’re permitting them to build a symbolically huge embassy as a statement despite… pic.twitter.com/XViGI8uJ4F
— Ben Obese-Jecty MP (@BenObeseJecty) January 13, 2026

Obese-Jecty's tweet continues:

Now we’re permitting them to build a symbolically huge embassy as a statement despite concerns over espionage and access to critical data cables.
China is not an ally. When will Keir Starmer take the threat China poses seriously?

Allow China to build an embassy with hundreds of secret rooms right next to critical data cables? What could go wrong?

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