'Unprecedented escalation': US orders shutdown of Chinese consulate in Houston

The United States has told China to close its consulate in Houston, both countries said, deepening a deterioration in bilateral relations.It was not immediately clear why China's Houston consulate had been singled outWashington had "abruptly demanded" closure of the Houston consulate on Tuesday , a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said.

In a statement, a US State Department spokesperson said the move was made "in order to protect American intellectual property and Americans' private information"."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 behaviour.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the consulate was operating normally and declined to comment further on those reports.United States and China have worsened dramatically this year over a range of issues "We urge the US to immediately revoke this erroneous decision. Should it insist on going down this wrong path, China will react with firm countermeasures," he said.

Well at least their ambassadors don't die under suspicious circumstances. China, pls don't be triggered. War is exactly what US wants. Be stealth like water. They need money by selling guns.

. USA finding it hard to accept that Chinese trch companies are now better than theirs.... Looks like the winner of the capitalism game is China. Who woulda thought... .

. War! War! War! War! War! War! War! .

. East Asia is the enemy. We've always been at war with East Asia. 1984 .

CHINA VIRUS I would nuke them

GOOD BIDEN WOULD BEND OVER TO THEM

Blaming and bashing China seems to be Trump's only hope to get reelected now.

Right on! It's time to stand up to China.

Trump’s diversionary tactic - start a fight in the pub.

😱FEAR!!😱Fear!!😱FEAR!!😱Fear!!😱FEAR!!😱Fear!!😱

Shut down for a very good reason. Apparently they had a little bonfire out back shortly after ;)

So what. The US aren't the masters. Plenty of middle powers that think China need an uppercut too. China can't make computer chips. They rely on Taiwan, Japan and the USA for their chips latimes chicagotribune nytimes . Too bad for their bottleneck.

I bet the place is haunted...

stay out of this Australia

This is a good thing. China is hostile. They must be held accountable.

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