State broadcaster CCTV showed footage of the US flag being lowered earlier this morning. FMTNews China
Chinese security personnel can be seen outside the US consulate in Chengdu after it was ordered to close down.
Relations deteriorated in recent weeks in a Cold War-style standoff, with the Chengdu mission Friday ordered to shut in retaliation for the forced closure of Beijing’s consulate in Houston, Texas.The road leading to the Chengdu mission was closed on Monday, with police and cordons blocking the way.
Beijing says closing the consulate was a “legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable measures by the US”, and has alleged that staff at the diplomatic mission endangered China’s security and interests.
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