Local residents argue that officials failed to take into account the risk that the new embassy could curtail protests or be used to monitor and intimidate Chinese dissidents.

Local residents argue that officials failed to take into account the risk that the new embassy could curtail protests or be used to monitor and intimidate Chinese dissidents.

LONDON: Britain’s approval for China to build a vast embassy in London was challenged in court on Tuesday, as a group of local residents argue that officials failed to consider…