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Posted on 01/14/2026 1:13:01 AM PST by Libloather
Recently unredacted construction plans for China’s new super embassy in London have ignited a storm of national security concerns across the United Kingdom, as blueprints reveal a hidden underground room positioned alarmingly close to some of Britain’s most sensitive communication cables.
Major critics of the proposed site, which will run as close as three feet to the internet infrastructure, warned that the secret room could serve as a hub for Chinese espionage. While the British government reportedly assured its allies that the lines do not carry sensitive government data, the cables transmit financial transactions as well as communication traffic for millions of internet users.
The blueprints were publicly unredacted Monday by The Telegraph, just one week before Prime Minister Keir Starmer is widely expected to approve the plans before his visit to see President Xi Jinping in China.
A government spokesman told the outlet that despite the security concerns, "national security is our first duty and government security experts have been involved throughout the process so far."
According to the blueprint, the facility will be located at the former Royal Mint and will become Europe’s largest Chinese embassy.
Construction plans indicate that China intends to demolish and rebuild a basement wall, placing officials and equipment just over three feet from critical fiber-optic cables. Security experts have warned that such proximity could create opportunities for "cable-tapping," which involves inserting wiretaps or reading light signals leaking from the lines.
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Govt SOP: Don’t worry, it’s not “our” data they can tap into, it’s YOURS (we give it to ‘em voluntarily)
I’d like to think most of those lines would be fiber, not so easy to tap without breaking, and no signal leech.
Stupid Starman is stupid or he’s afraid to offend his master the Chinese Communist Party
Historically true. But 3 feet isn't much of a distance to prevent snipping by an errant plumbing contractor who makes a mistake.
That turns out not to be the case! There is a device containing a photo-multiplier tube. An unbroken fiber is wrapped twice around the inner core, and then a light-tight cover is put in place. Enough light leaks out from the bend in the fiber to be detected by the PM tube, and the tube is fast enough to follow the digital encoding.
Short story: Optical fiber can be tapped without damage.
Reminds me of when Russia tried to build a new Consulate in San Francisco in about 1990, right in the path of of the telecom microwave link from Silicon Valley to San Francisco and the world.
The relevant microwave antenna was on the highest building in Mountain View, where I lived and worked at the time. Given my job, I was briefed on all the juicy details.
They were not allowed to build a consulate in a location that would allow them to intercept all telecommunications from Silicon Valley.
Yes, it is easy. There is energy leakage through the insulation and casing.
Don’t be alarmed. We will become islamic far before they finish their bad citizen time out room.
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