Should Londoners be worried about China’s super-embassy access to communication cables?

Both intelligence services and charities have warned the super-embassy is putting the city (Picture: David Chipperfield Architects)

Londoners have been warned they at risk of threats, intimidation and espionage as China’s ‘super-embassy’ plans are given the go-ahead after years of diplomatic rows.

Beijing has been allowed to turn the former Royal Mint building in Tower Hamlets into Europe’s largest embassy despite widespread security concerns.

For years, the building plans remained redacted for ‘security reasons’...