China has ordered the closure of a United States consulate in the city of Chengdu, citing the US closure of a Chinese consulate in Houston
Hong Kong China has ordered the closure of the United States consulate in Chengdu, days after Washington forced the Chinese consulate in Houston to cease operations.
A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said US diplomats in China had been notified Friday morning that Beijing was revoking the license for the Chengdu consulate in China's southwest, which has been ordered to"stop all business and activities."It added that the US had"unilaterally provoked the incident" by ordering the closure of the Houston office, an action Beijing said"seriously violated international law and the basic norms of international relations.
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