A flight bound for Shanghai carrying U.S. diplomats has left the United States as Washington presses ahead with its plan to restaff its mission in China a day after an American order to close the Chinese consulate in Houston sharply escalated tensions
FILE PHOTO: Vehicles pass by the China Consulate General in Houston, Texas, U.S., July 22, 2020. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo
The memo said priority was being given to reuniting separated families and returning section/agency heads. China warned on Thursday it would be forced to respond to the U.S. move, which had “severely harmed” relations. Two flights have so far taken place to return some of the more than 1,200 U.S. diplomats with their families to China since negotiations for the returns hit an impasse in early July over conditions China wanted to impose on the Americans.The impasse caused the State Department to postpone flights tentatively scheduled for the first 10 days of July.
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