WASHINGTON: The US on Saturday called a decision by Beijing to impose restrictions on all American diplomats on Chinese soil an “escalation”, the latest rebuke in an ongoing tit-for-tat dispute over foreign missions.
Beijing said that the unspecified countermeasures will apply to all US embassy and consulate staff, including the consulate-general in Hong Kong and its personnel, and called the move a “legitimate and necessary response”.
The battle over diplomatic outposts is only one front in an escalating confrontation between the US and China.
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