A de facto Chinese doughnut will soon sit right next to London’s financial center — “the doughnut” being the nickname of GCHQ’s doughnut-shaped headquarters (GCHQ is the United Kingdom’s signals intelligence service counterpart to the National Security Agency).

Last week, after all, Beijing finally received U.K. approval to build its so-called “super-embassy” at the former London site of the government coin manufacturer. The largest embassy in Europe, it will allow for some super spying. Why is the U.K. letting China get away with this?

It starts with Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping. Xi wants to make China so powerful, economically and militarily, that all nations must abide by his diktats to remain at least somewhat prosperous and somewhat safe. Xi’s public offer to the world is that of “win-win cooperation.” Xi’s actual offer is Chinese dominance with a predictable face: ‘avoid challenging us internationally and we’ll throw you some scraps. Oh, and there will be no surprises.’ As part of that proposition, Xi was pushing hard for his new embassy to be approved.

President Donald Trump’s recent threats over Greenland and his derision for the sacrifices of allies made it easier for Prime Minister Keir Starmer to give Xi what he wanted. “Trump and Xi might both be bullies and might both have immense economic power,” Starmer and other leaders are increasingly thinking, “but at least Xi is a........

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