The British government has extended the deadline to October to decide on whether to approve China ‘s plans to build the largest embassy in Europe in London, after Beijing refused to explain why the plans contained blacked-out areas.

China’s plans to build a new embassy on the site of a two-century-old building near the Tower of London have stalled for the past three years because of opposition from numerous groups in Britain.

Pro-democracy campaigners from Hong Kong fear Beijing could use the embassy to harass political opponents and even detain them, while nearby residents fear it could pose a security risk to them and attract large protests.

Politicians in Britain and the United States have warned the government against allowing China to build the embassy on the site over concerns t

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