{"id":42230,"date":"2026-01-27T12:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T10:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/?p=42230"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:14:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T13:14:38","slug":"china-set-to-build-europes-largest-embassy-in-london-after-controversial-uk-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europeanvalues.cz\/cs\/china-set-to-build-europes-largest-embassy-in-london-after-controversial-uk-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"\u010c\u00edna se v Lond\u00fdn\u011b chyst\u00e1 postavit nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00ed ambas\u00e1du v Evrop\u011b pot\u00e9, co Brit\u00e1nie p\u0159ijala kontroverzn\u00ed rozhodnut\u00ed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"42230\" class=\"elementor elementor-42230\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d0f1829 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d0f1829\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b21aa27\" data-id=\"6b21aa27\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fc5d5f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fc5d5f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-3fc5d5f6{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1984f40a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1984f40a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Foto: Unsplash<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-99ef187 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"99ef187\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca335f0\" data-id=\"ca335f0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e5441a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e5441a3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5bc4759\" data-id=\"5bc4759\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-727842a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"727842a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Co se d\u011bje?<\/h2><p>Steve Reed, britsk\u00fd ministr pro bytovou politiku, minul\u00fd t\u00fdden form\u00e1ln\u011b <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/696f5853f6aa424b452e334b\/260120_Combined_DL_IR_RtoC_-_Royal_Mint_Court_London__3353754_and_3353755_.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">schv\u00e1lil<\/a> v\u00fdstavbu nov\u00e9 \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 megaambas\u00e1dy v Lond\u00fdn\u011b. Projekt po\u010d\u00edt\u00e1 s um\u00edst\u011bn\u00edm v are\u00e1lu b\u00fdval\u00e9 Kr\u00e1lovsk\u00e9 mincovny, tj. na historick\u00e9m m\u00edst\u011b, bl\u00edzko finan\u010dn\u00ed \u010dtvrti star\u00e9ho m\u011bsta a nedaleko citliv\u00e9 podzemn\u00ed komunika\u010dn\u00ed infrastruktury.<\/p><p>Po dokon\u010den\u00ed by m\u011bl b\u00fdt nov\u00fd diplomatick\u00fd komplex p\u0159ibli\u017en\u011b desetkr\u00e1t v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed ne\u017e sou\u010dasn\u00e9 \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 velvyslanectv\u00ed. Moment\u00e1ln\u011b se \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 diplomatick\u00e9 \u00fa\u0159ady v Lond\u00fdn\u011b nach\u00e1z\u00ed na sedmi r\u016fzn\u00fdch m\u00edstech. Tuto rozt\u0159\u00ed\u0161t\u011bnost se Peking dlouhodob\u011b sna\u017e\u00ed vy\u0159e\u0161it. Pl\u00e1novan\u00fd komplex by se stal nejv\u011bt\u0161\u00edm zahrani\u010dn\u00edm velvyslanectv\u00edm v Evrop\u011b.<\/p><p>Ministrovo rozhodnut\u00ed vyvolalo silnou kritiku nap\u0159\u00ed\u010d britsk\u00fdm politick\u00fdm spektrem a znepokojen\u00ed ve zpravodajsk\u00e9 komunit\u011b. V den, kdy byl projekt schv\u00e1len, vydali \u0161\u00e9fov\u00e9 MI5 a GCHQ ojedin\u011bl\u00fd <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/media\/696f6bc4011505255b2d420b\/DG_MI5_and_Director_GCHQ_open_letter_to_the_Home_and_Foreign_Secretaries_on_China_Embassy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spole\u010dn\u00fd dopis<\/a>. V n\u011bm varovali p\u0159ed potenci\u00e1ln\u00edmi riziky pro n\u00e1rodn\u00ed bezpe\u010dnost, je\u017e jsou s dan\u00fdm m\u00edstem spojen\u00e9. \u0160\u00e9fov\u00e9 zpravodajsk\u00fdch slu\u017eeb ozna\u010dili schv\u00e1len\u00ed stavby za \u201ekvazisoudn\u00ed\u201c rozhodnut\u00ed a varovali, \u017ee um\u00edst\u011bn\u00ed ambas\u00e1dy by mohlo vystavit citliv\u00e9 informace zv\u00fd\u0161en\u00e9mu riziku \u0161pion\u00e1\u017ee.<\/p><p>Navzdory t\u011bmto varov\u00e1n\u00edm <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=5XZTlLZccdQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">zopakoval<\/a> ministr pro bezpe\u010dnost Dan Jarvis p\u0159esv\u011bd\u010den\u00ed vl\u00e1dy, \u017ee n\u00e1rodn\u00ed bezpe\u010dnostn\u00ed z\u00e1jmy Spojen\u00e9ho kr\u00e1lovstv\u00ed budou chr\u00e1n\u011bny. \u0160\u00e9fov\u00e9 zpravodajsk\u00fdch slu\u017eeb v\u0161ak ve sv\u00e9m dopise zd\u016fraznili, \u017ee ne v\u0161em rizik\u016fm lze pln\u011b zamezit.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Jak\u00e9 jsou \u0161ir\u0161\u00ed souvislosti?<\/h2><p>Pl\u00e1ny na novou \u010d\u00ednskou ambas\u00e1du v Lond\u00fdn\u011b se projedn\u00e1vaj\u00ed od roku 2018, kdy byl pozemek Kr\u00e1lovsk\u00e9 mincovny \u010d\u00ednsk\u00fdmi diplomaty z\u00edsk\u00e1n. P\u016fvodn\u00ed \u017e\u00e1dost o stavebn\u00ed povolen\u00ed byla v roce 2022 m\u00edstn\u00edm zastupitelstvem zam\u00edtnuta. N\u00e1vrh byl znovu p\u0159edlo\u017een pouh\u00e9 dva t\u00fddny po v\u00edt\u011bzstv\u00ed labourist\u016f v parlamentn\u00edch volb\u00e1ch. \u010c\u00ednsk\u00fd prezident Si \u0164in-pching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/oct\/04\/china-mega-embassy-dilemma-starmer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00fadajn\u011b<\/a> osobn\u011b po\u017e\u00e1dal britsk\u00e9ho premi\u00e9ra Keira Starmera, aby v t\u00e9to v\u011bci zas\u00e1hl.<\/p><p>Novin\u00e1\u0159i pozd\u011bji <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/01\/12\/revealed-china-embassy-secret-plans-spy-basement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">z\u00edskali<\/a> p\u0159\u00edstup k necenzurovan\u00fdm stavebn\u00edm pl\u00e1n\u016fm. Ty odhaluj\u00ed podzemn\u00ed komplex s 208 m\u00edstnostmi. Nejcitliv\u011bj\u0161\u00edm prvkem je skryt\u00e1 komora um\u00edst\u011bn\u00e1 vedle optick\u00fdch kabel\u016f, kter\u00e9 p\u0159en\u00e1\u0161ej\u00ed citliv\u00e1 data do lond\u00fdnsk\u00e9 finan\u010dn\u00ed \u010dtvrti. M\u00edstnost je \u00fadajn\u011b navr\u017eena tak, aby v n\u00ed mohla b\u00fdt instalov\u00e1na za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed generuj\u00edc\u00ed teplo, teoreticky tedy i pokro\u010dil\u00e9 v\u00fdpo\u010detn\u00ed syst\u00e9my.<\/p><p>Ot\u00e1zky vyvolalo i na\u010dasov\u00e1n\u00ed schv\u00e1len\u00ed stavby. Bylo ozn\u00e1meno jen t\u00fdden p\u0159ed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2026\/jan\/21\/keir-starmer-visit-china-british-business-leaders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">o\u010dek\u00e1vanou n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvou<\/a> Keira Starmera v \u010c\u00edn\u011b \u2013 prvn\u00ed n\u00e1v\u0161t\u011bvou britsk\u00e9ho premi\u00e9ra v \u010c\u00edn\u011b od roku 2018 \u2013 co\u017e vede k domn\u011bnk\u00e1m, \u017ee za rozhodnut\u00edm stoj\u00ed z\u00e1m\u011br z\u00edskat si p\u0159ed cestou p\u0159\u00edze\u0148 Pekingu.<\/p><p>K dan\u00e9mu kroku nav\u00edc doch\u00e1z\u00ed v dob\u011b, kdy Velk\u00e1 Brit\u00e1nie sama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/nov\/05\/china-blocking-uk-plans-beijing-east-london-mega-embassy-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u017e\u00e1d\u00e1<\/a> o povolen\u00ed k p\u0159estavb\u011b sv\u00e9 ambas\u00e1dy v Pekingu. \u017d\u00e1dost byla dosud \u010d\u00ednsk\u00fdmi \u00fa\u0159ady blokov\u00e1na. Kritici tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee schv\u00e1len\u00ed v Lond\u00fdn\u011b p\u0159edstavuje \u00fastupek \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9mu tlaku. V prohl\u00e1\u0161en\u00ed vydan\u00e9m v lo\u0148sk\u00e9m roce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/oct\/17\/china-accuses-uk-of-bad-faith-over-delayed-embassy-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">varoval<\/a> mluv\u010d\u00ed \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9ho ministerstva zahrani\u010d\u00ed, \u017ee pokud bude projekt lond\u00fdnsk\u00e9 ambas\u00e1dy zam\u00edtnut, \u201ebritsk\u00e1 strana ponese ve\u0161ker\u00e9 d\u016fsledky\u201c.<\/p><h2>\u00a0<\/h2><h2>Pro\u010d je to d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9?<\/h2><p>Diplomatick\u00e9 mise v\u017edy slou\u017eily i jako centra zpravodajsk\u00e9 \u010dinnosti. N\u011bkte\u0159\u00ed se ob\u00e1vaj\u00ed, \u017ee by se dne\u0161n\u00ed Lond\u00fdn mohl st\u00e1t st\u0159ediskem \u0161pion\u00e1\u017ee a potk\u00e1vac\u00edm m\u00edstem \u0161pion\u016f, podobn\u011b jako j\u00edm byla b\u011bhem studen\u00e9 v\u00e1lky V\u00edde\u0148. Tyto obavy se tento t\u00fdden staly je\u0161t\u011b aktu\u00e1ln\u011bj\u0161\u00edmi pot\u00e9, co zat\u010den\u00ed \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9ho ob\u010dana podez\u0159el\u00e9ho ze \u0161pion\u00e1\u017ee ozn\u00e1mily i \u010desk\u00e9 \u00fa\u0159ady.<\/p><p>Nejde v\u0161ak jen o \u0161pion\u00e1\u017e. Kritici tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee pl\u00e1novan\u00e1 diplomatick\u00e1 mise by mohla usnadnit to, co lidskopr\u00e1vn\u00ed organizace naz\u00fdvaj\u00ed transn\u00e1rodn\u00ed repres\u00ed. Ta zahrnuje n\u00e1tlak na \u010d\u00ednskou diasporu \u017eij\u00edc\u00ed v zahrani\u010d\u00ed, jej\u00ed sledov\u00e1n\u00ed a zastra\u0161ov\u00e1n\u00ed. Ji\u017e d\u0159\u00edve byla \u010c\u00edna nucena v Brit\u00e1nii zav\u0159\u00edt n\u011bkolik neleg\u00e1ln\u00edch policejn\u00edch stanic.<\/p><p>Brit\u00e1nie je nav\u00edc pova\u017eov\u00e1na za obzvl\u00e1\u0161t\u011b choulostiv\u00e9 prost\u0159ed\u00ed. Je domovem velk\u00e9 \u010d\u00ednsk\u00e9 diaspory, v\u010detn\u011b mnoha prodemokratick\u00fdch aktivist\u016f z Hongkongu \u017eij\u00edc\u00edch v exilu. \u010clenov\u00e9 diaspory vyjad\u0159uj\u00ed nad stavebn\u00edmi pl\u00e1ny znepokojen\u00ed. Varuj\u00ed, \u017ee podzemn\u00ed prostory bez jasn\u011b definovan\u00e9ho \u00fa\u010delu by mohly b\u00fdt vyu\u017e\u00edv\u00e1ny jako zadr\u017eovac\u00ed za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed.<\/p><p>Lond\u00fdn se ji\u017e d\u0159\u00edve uk\u00e1zal b\u00fdt <a href=\"https:\/\/globalinitiative.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Mark-Galeotti-Gangsters-at-war-Russias-use-of-organized-crime-as-an-instrument-of-statecraft-GI-TOC-November-2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tolerantn\u00edm prost\u0159ed\u00edm<\/a> v\u016f\u010di nep\u0159\u00e1telsk\u00fdm zahrani\u010dn\u00edm vliv\u016fm. Po cel\u00e1 l\u00e9ta umo\u017e\u0148ovala otev\u0159enost britsk\u00e9ho finan\u010dn\u00edho syst\u00e9mu rusk\u00fdm oligarch\u016fm a organizovan\u00fdm zlo\u010dineck\u00fdm s\u00edt\u00edm pr\u00e1t zde ve velk\u00e9m pen\u00edze, co\u017e hlavn\u00edmu m\u011bstu vyneslo p\u0159ezd\u00edvku <a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.com\/article\/who-coined-the-namelondongrad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Londongrad<\/em><\/a>. Se zhor\u0161en\u00edm vztah\u016f s Moskvou se tyto s\u00edt\u011b staly pro britskou bezpe\u010dnost z\u00e1va\u017en\u00fdm rizikem. Nov\u00e1 ambas\u00e1da by mohla p\u0159edstavovat srovnateln\u00fd dlouhodob\u00fd probl\u00e9m.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo: Unsplash Foto: Unsplash What is happening? Last week, Steve Reed, the United Kingdom\u2019s secretary of state for housing, communities and local government, formally approved the construction of a new Chinese mega-embassy in London. 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