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The UK government has green-lit the construction of a giant Chinese embassy in London

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London 's anti-CCP coalition gathered at the site of China ’s planned super-embassy.

Protesters were meeting for a second time at Royal Mint Court on Saturday 15 March .

London teems with Hongkongers , Tibetans , Southern Mongolians , and Uyghurs .

Once embassy is a reality, they will surely keep gathering outside its walls.

The British authorities may become increasingly authoritarian in the wake of anti- China protests.

The UK authorities can make life difficult for protesters in other ways.

The new Trump /Musk imperium has done valuable work combating antisemitism and DEI , but its scorched-earth approach to government spending has also removed voices like Radio Free Asia and Voice Of America .

We may be witnessing a geopolitical twist in which Western powers move collectively closer to the Chinese Communist Party despite their own growing divisions.

The Communist Party itself is in terminal decline.

European politicians are calling for increased collaboration between Brussels and Beijing .

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