US orders China to shut Houston consulate
Washington had “abruptly demanded” closure of the Houston consulate on Tuesday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said, and the editor of an official media outlet said on Twitter that China had been given 72 hours to do so.Late on Tuesday in Houston, local media reported that documents had been burned in a courtyard at the consulate building. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the consulate was operating normally, declining to comment further on those reports.
“The United States will not tolerate the PRC’s violations of our sovereignty and intimidation of our people, just as we have not tolerated the PRC’s unfair trade practices, theft of American jobs, and other egregious behavior,” she added, using an acronym for China’s official name, the People’s Republic of China.
The US government had been harassing Chinese diplomats and consular staff for some time, Wang said, and “intimidating and interrogating Chinese students and confiscating their personal electrical devices, even detaining them”.
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