Security was tight outside the U.S. consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu on Saturday as staff inside prepared to leave, a day after China ordered it to close in response to a U.S. order for China to shut its consulate in Houston.
Police officers march past the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu, Sichuan province, China July 25, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
China’s ministry of foreign affairs said on Saturday that violated international and bilateral agreements and China would respond, without elaborating how. Neither the consulate nor the U.S. embassy in Beijing have responded to requests from Reuters for comment on the closure.The order to close came after the Trump administration had given China until 4 p.m. on Friday to vacate its Houston consulate.
The consulate opened in 1985 and has almost 200 employees, including about 150 locally hired staff, according to its website. It was not immediately clear how many are there now after U.S. diplomats were evacuated from China because of the coronavirus pandemic.“What I fear the most is the U.S. won’t just stop there, it might get uglier,” said 19-year-old university student Zhang Chuhan.
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