China says the U.S. has ordered it to close its Houston consulate in what it called a provocation that violates international law.
A tough U.S. stance against China’s sweeping sea claims elicits little public support from Asian allies loath to get in the middle of rising tensions.Earlier this week, the U.S. government imposed sanctions on 11 Chinese companies — in addition to four Chinese officials already under sanctions — for involvement in human rights abuses against the Muslim-minority Uighurs in China’s northwestern Xinjiang region. Beijing has responded by banning several U.S. lawmakers, including Sens.
Tensions have also flared over Hong Kong, where the U.S. has called China’s imposition of a national security law on the region a violation of the “one country, two systems” agreement by which China was supposed to allow Hong Kong’s semi-autonomous status to continue until 2047.Hong Kong’s special trade status and imposed visa restrictions on several Chinese Communist Party officials, which the Chinese government calls “interference in domestic affairs.
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