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Josh Hoang-Wilkes's avatar

One correction:

"Currently, the PRC has six sites in London (chancery, commercial, education, culture, consular, and science and technology sections). Bringing those together on one site requires considerable space, but probably less than the total area currently occupied by their six buildings."

The total area of the seven properties (including the embassy itself) is approximately 0.46 ha. The new site has an area of approximately 2.7 ha. So it's comfortably over five times larger.

https://gb.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/sgxx/sgbgsjjdz/

Something that a bare list of the properties doesn't capture is that tree of them are just suburban houses.

Tova Aviannah's avatar

Seeking truth from facts and probabilities.

Anthony Lawrance's avatar

Yes, I must admit I had found myself flipping on this issue the moment I saw Kemi Badenoch nailing it to her mast