Uncovered: Secret room beneath Chinese embassy that poses threat to City

Telegraph obtains unredacted plans showing how close the underground complex will come to cables carrying sensitive British financial data

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01/12/revealed-china-embassy-secret-plans-spy-basement/

https://archive.ph/hYZfa

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FishFace@piefed.social · 9 pts · 237d (7 replies)

Uncovered: a room of the proposed embassy will be slightly further away from the cables than the distance from the pavement which has access grates through which any nefarious activity could already take place.

So far I haven't heard anyone raising concrete concerns about this embassy except right-wing shitrags... are there any legitimate ones?

Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 237d (6 replies)

USA has a literal fortress with a moat yet nobody bats an eye

FishFace@piefed.social · 5 pts · 237d (5 replies)

Well until recently they were an ally...

Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 237d (4 replies)

Why can't the chinabros be our ally? Surely we have a lot in common, arresting people over internet posts and all that

FishFace@piefed.social · 3 pts · 237d (3 replies)

We can enforce the OSA with a Great British Firewall!

Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 237d (2 replies)

Hadrian's Firewall

Doggerblock (Like doggerbank, from doggerland)

NetworkRules Britannia

Checkpoint Channel

eWhitehouse

The Great British Block-Off

FishFace@piefed.social · 2 pts · 237d (1 reply)

XD

I did think Hadrian's Firewall would be a good one, though maybe only if Scotland goes independent :P

Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 237d

To be fair, the Great Wall of China is contained almost entirely within China

Flax_vert@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 237d

The drawings show that a single concealed chamber will sit directly alongside fibre-optic cables transmitting financial data to the City of London, as well as email and messaging traffic for millions of internet users.

Chamber, as in room, right?

The disclosures will reignite fears that Beijing could be seeking to spy on the information carried through the network, potentially gaining access to state and financial secrets.

Wouldn't it be encrypted? Wouldn't someone notice if you tried to tap into a fibre optic cable?

Other areas obscured by redactions include emergency back-up generators, a sprinkler plant, new lift shafts and communications cabling. The plans also conceal bathrooms and showers, potentially allowing officials to remain underground for extended periods.

Redacting your emergency backup infrastructure and fire suppression system seems reasonable enough, especially when you're a world superpower with a lot of enemies

Saapas@piefed.zip · 0 pts · 237d

Surely a coincidence...