Beijing vowed to retaliate after it said the United States ordered its Houston consulate to be closed within 72 hours.
David J. Phillip/APordered its Houston consulate to be closed within 72 hours, calling it an “outrageous and unjustified move” and marking a serious escalation in the quickly deteriorating relationship between the U.S. and China.
Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin slammed the move as an “unprecedented escalation” during a daily press briefing Wednesday and demanded that the “U.S. revoke the wrong decision” or else “China would take necessary countermeasures.” State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus, who is traveling with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Europe, confirmed the move, saying, “We have directed the closure of PRC Consulate General Houston, in order to protect American intellectual property and American’s private information.
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