Name: BBC News：英國政府準許中國倫敦超級大使館？ (Chinese mega-embassy in London approved by UK government | BBC News)
Uploaded: 2026-01-20T17:45:45.000Z
Duration: 3 min 45 s

The British government has given approval for China to build a huge new embassy in central London.

英國政府已準許中國在倫敦市中心興建一座大型新使館。

The decision had been delayed twice over national security concerns.

這項決定因國家安全疑慮已延宕兩次。

The site is near London's financial district and some politicians fear it could be used as a base for spying.

該地點靠近倫敦的金融區，有些政治人物擔心它可能被用來作為間諜活動的基地。

The approval was announced before an expected visit to China by Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

這項準許是在首相 Keir Starmer 預計訪問中國前宣佈的。

In the last hour, the head of Britain's security service, MI5 has said it's not realistic to expect to be able to eliminate each and every potential risk.

在過去一小時，英國國家安全局局長 MI5 表示，期望能消除所有潛在風險是不切實際的。

Well, our political correspondent Damien Gramaticus has this update.

好的，我們的政治記者 Damien Gramaticus 有這則最新消息。

The indications had been, despite all of the arguments and the controversy around this plan, the indications had been that the government was minded to approve it.

儘管有所有爭議和反對意見，但跡象顯示政府傾向於準許這項計畫。

And the biggest signal we got of that was late last year when Downing street kind of indicated that the security services had.

而我們收到的最大訊號是在去年底，當時唐寧街暗示安全部門已經。

The UK Security service had looked at this plan and had not raised any objections.

英國國家安全局審視了這項計畫，並沒有提出任何反對意見。

And that was crucial because the, a lot of the objections revolve around the positioning right next to the Tower of London, a very sort of prominent site, this huge building that once housed the Royal Mint where the national currency was made.

這點很重要，因為很多反對意見都圍繞著它緊鄰倫敦塔的位置，那裡是個非常顯眼的地方，這棟曾是皇家鑄幣廠、負責製造國家貨幣的巨大建築。

But also that site is right next to routes that carry underground data cables for the City of London.

而且該地點也緊鄰著倫敦金融區的地下數據線路。

There was a concern about China being able to access those from the premises.

有人擔心中國能從那裡存取這些線路。

What we've got now, the planning decision from the Housing Secretary, Steve Reed, so who in his job as housing entry, the government brought this decision in house.

我們現在收到的規劃決定來自住房大臣 Steve Reed，在他的職位上，政府將這項決定收歸己有。

They took it away from the local council who'd already rejected it once.

他們把它從已經拒絕過一次的地方議會手中接管。

And the decision we've just had is that the government is approving this plan to go ahead for this, what's been called mega Embassy subject.

而我們剛收到的決定是，政府準許這項計畫，讓這個被稱為「大型使館」的項目得以進行。

I've just been looking through, trying to read those conditions.

我剛才一直在看，試圖讀懂這些條件。

I haven't got through to all of them but some of them relate to some of the concerns that have been raised that this site is, this very prominent site is right opposite the Tower of London.

我還沒全看完，但其中一些條件與提出的擔憂有關，也就是這個非常顯眼的地點正對著倫敦塔。

It's a very busy tourist part of London and local residents whose houses actually would form part of the site and adjacent to it have been very worried about the fact that it will be.

這裡是倫敦一個非常熱鬧的旅遊區，而當地居民的房子實際上會是這個地點的一部分，而且緊鄰著它，他們一直非常擔心它會變成怎樣。

Protests will happen in the area, those who are opposed to the Chinese Communist government and so groups like Tibetans, pro Democracy campaigners, Hong Kong is in exile and that there will be possible large demonstrations and security risks.

該地區將會發生抗議活動，反對中國共產黨政府的團體，例如藏人、民主運動人士、流亡的香港人，以及可能出現的大規模示威和安全風險。

Some of the conditions here are around what would have to be done in the area, in the kind of modelling, landscaping of the area to deal with those protests and security risks.

這裡的一些條件是關於該地區需要做些什麼，像是景觀美化、綠化等，以應對這些抗議和安全風險。

That's part of the the what has been the conditions approved?

I haven't got to the other conditions yet, but

the important thing with all of this, I think, is that this is a very politically sensitive decision for the government here because of the opposition from the Conservatives, from the Liberal Democrats, from Reform uk, from all of the opposition parties who said that this shouldn't go ahead because the security risks to China accessing underground cables, the fact that it would give China such a huge, prominent site in the heart of London and that this could become a base for spying operations and influence operations targeting Chinese dissidents abroad.

我認為，所有這些事情中，最重要的是，這對英國政府來說是一個非常敏感的政治決定，因為保守黨、自由民主黨、英國改革黨以及所有反對黨都表示反對，認為這不應該進行，因為這會帶來中國接入地下數據線路的國家安全風險，而且這將讓中國在倫敦市中心擁有一個巨大、顯眼的地點，並可能成為針對海外中國異議人士的間諜行動和影響力行動的基地。

The UK government's position had been that, well, it's better to have China all on one site, all its diplomats and representatives in London operating from one site, and

英國政府的立場一直是，嗯，讓中國的所有外交官和代表都集中在一個地點運作，會比較好，

that the security risks that appeared could be managed.

而且出現的安全風險是可以管理的。

It seems that the the Housing Secretary has looked at the results of There was a whole planning inquiry.

看來住房大臣已經審視了整個規劃聽證會的結果。

He said he agrees with the planning inspector and he has approved this to go ahead.

他說他同意規劃 inspector 的意見，並且準許了這個計畫。