In this international comment, Uncle Mu will analyze the game between the United States and the Chinese Embassy in the UK.

On June 8, British media revealed that US President Trump directly put pressure on British Prime Minister Stamer, warning the UK not to approve China's new embassy construction plan, otherwise it may interrupt intelligence sharing with the UK and will be detrimental to the tariff negotiations being held by the UK and the United States.

Is the United States too wide? What does China have to do with the United States when building a new embassy in London?

About this matter, Uncle Mu believes that we have three basic cognitions:

First, how did the dispute happen?

In 2018, China purchased the original site of the British Royal Mint, which is very close to the Tower of London and the Financial City. At that time, it was planned to build a new Chinese embassy here.

The UK has two concerns about this. First, the new embassy is nearly 10 times larger than the original size and is regarded as a super embassy. The British suspected that there were more arrangements beyond diplomacy. Second, the more worried thing is that there are three important data centers nearby, and there are also several important communication cables underground in the new embassy. Information may be intercepted.

So there have been constant twists and turns in recent years.

Second, what is the attitude of the British government?

In the past six years, the construction of a new embassy has been rejected twice by the local councils in the London area, and the city of London chose not to intervene in the matter.

In the British general election in July last year, China submitted a new plan. Later, the British government intervened and elevated the authority of the matter from local authorities to central level.

The British government has not yet made a final decision on this. But there are tendencies and conditions to allow China to build a new embassy.

For example, in response to the United States' intervention and warning at this time, a British government minister stated that there is no need to worry about intelligence and security risks. The United Kingdom has experience in this, which will always be highly concerned when planning the embassy.

Third, what are the consequences of the US warning?

White House officials said: The United States hopes that all decisions will take into account our national security interests and be made after the complete easing of advice and approvals from counterintelligence professionals. It can be seen that their biggest concern is the US intelligence leak.

According to the United States, a very important aspect of the special relationship between Britain and the United States is intelligence sharing and communication. If it is intercepted by China, the interests of the United States will be damaged.

So the United States even used this matter to put pressure on the UK in tariff negotiations. At present, the UK is very eager for Trump to cancel the 50% steel tariff. Perhaps he will really succumb to pressure and take adverse measures against China!