China on Friday ordered the closure of the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu in retaliation for America shuttering Beijing’s diplomatic mission in Houston this week. The move was a “legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable measures by the United States”, the foreign ministry said in a ...
The US State Department said Wednesday that the recent closing of China’s consulate in Houston was to protect Americans’ intellectual property and private information, a move that has further strained the already tense relations between the world powers. Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said that under the Vienna Convention states “have a ...
