The American flag has been taken down at a U.S. consulate in southwestern China, according to state media, as officials vacate the premises on China's order. The closing comes in retaliation for a U.S. order to shutter the Chinese Consulate in Houston.
Chinese policemen prepare for duty around a neighborhood sealed off before the official closure of the United States Consulate in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province, Monday, July 27, 2020. China ordered the United States on Friday to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu, ratcheting up a diplomatic conflict at a time when relations have sunk to their lowest level in decades.
Police have closed off a two to three block area around the consulate, cutting off virtually any view of the property. Vehicles could be seen moving in the distance behind multiple police lines. People stopped to take selfies and photos, jamming a sidewalk busy with shoppers and families with strollers on a sunny day in the city of Chengdu. A little boy posed with a small Chinese flag before plainclothes police shooed him away as foreign media cameras zoomed in.
A man who tired to unfurl a large placard late Sunday that he called an open letter to the Chinese government was quickly taken away.
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