China's Mega-Embassy: a threat to Liberty

Last week The i newspaper learnt that China is set to be exempted from Starmer's new "Foreign Influence Registration Scheme." From the i:

𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘴𝘱𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘫𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 (𝘍𝘐𝘙𝘚).

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.

𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 – 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘣𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥, 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘣 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒’𝘴 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺.

𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥.

𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯-𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘋𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵.

𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪 𝘗𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘫𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵.

So Two Tier Kier goes international. Starmer's continued kowtowing to Beijing is interesting considering that China is one of the few foreign states we know to be actively spying on us. Examples of Beijing's goodwill include multiple instances of cyber attacks, the arrest of a Chinese spy on British soil in 2018, and more recently Prince Andrew's involvement with Yang Tengbo, a CCP agent.

These are clandestine operations, to say nothing of the public humiliations doled out with the imprisonment of Hong Kong democracy activists and the physical assault of British citizens by Beijing's Manchester consulate staff. Quiet on all of these, Lammy's cancellation of a meeting with Taiwan's former president at Beijing's behest further demonstrates Labour's relentless craving for the communists' approval.

Not content with giving Xi special dispensation to spy on us, imprison our citizens and dictate our foreign policy, Labour are now also advancing plans to approve China's new huge embassy in London.

The "Super Embassy," right next to the Tower of London, will be the CCP's largest in Europe, and almost twice the size of it's Washington Embassy. That Starmer is happy for the communists to leave such a large footprint in the heart of our capital is telling - he shares the same ideals. He needs the infrastructure to realise his dream of an all-encompassing Surveillance State.

Councils and police services across the country continue to purchase CCTV and facial recognition cameras from Chinese state-owned company Hikvision - the exact same company that uses ethnicity identification technology to lock East Turkestan's Uighurs into mass internment camps. The exact same company that has been instrumental in building Beijing's digital prison and social credit system. While huge strides have already been taken, particularly with the recent expansion of facial recognition cameras, our surveillance infrastructure still lags behind China's. Starmer is salivating after the Orwellian pie, and hopes being a loyal lapdog for his masters in Beijing will get him his slice of it.

Hong Kong Watch and others are protesting at the proposed site of the "Super Embassy" this weekend. Steadfast in standing up to authoritarianism in all its guises, The Libertarian Party will be joining them. All welcome: outside the Royal Mint Court, EC3N 4AB, Saturday 8th February, 2-4pm.

A reminder to join us also in Bristol the following Saturday 15th, as we rally against Labour's authoritarianism and economic mismanagement at home.