East London councillors raise concerns over Chinese embassy move

Tower Hamlets council members criticise Uighur repression and Hong Kong clampdownChina’s plans to relocate its UK embassy to the East End of London is facing opposition owing to its repression of the predominately Muslim Uighur people and clampdown on dissent in Hong Kong.The embassy is moving from the West End to a large site in Tower Hamlets opposite the Tower of London. Tower Hamlets has the highest proportion of Muslim residents (38%) of any borough in the country, according to the lat