A FedEx personnel gets rid of a box from the Chinese Consulate Thursday, July 23, 2020, in Houston. (AP)
BEIJING — China purchased the United States on Friday to close its consulate in the western metropolis of Chengdu, ratcheting up a diplomatic conflict at a time when relations have sunk to their lowest level in decades.
The go was a reaction to the Trump administration’s order this 7 days for Beijing to close its consulate in Houston following Washington accused Chinese brokers of trying to steal professional medical and other study in Texas.
The Chinese foreign ministry appealed to Washington to reverse its “wrong selection.”
Chinese-U.S. relations have soured amid a mounting array of conflicts like trade, the handling of the coronavirus pandemic, technological know-how, spying accusations, Hong Kong and allegations of abuses versus Chinese ethnic Muslims.
“The measure taken by China is a legitimate and required reaction to the unjustified act by the United States,” stated a foreign ministry assertion.
“The latest problem in Chinese-U.S. relations is not what China wishes to see. The United States is liable for all this,” the ministry reported. “We the moment yet again urge the United States to right away retract its wrong determination and produce required ailments for bringing the bilateral romance back on monitor.”
On Tuesday, the Trump administration requested the Houston consulate closed within just 72 hrs. It alleged Chinese agents tried out to steal facts from services which include the Texas A&M medical technique.
The ministry on Thursday rejected the allegations as “malicious slander” and warned the Houston consulate’s closure was “breaking down the bridge of friendship” concerning the two international locations.
The United States has an embassy in Beijing and consulates in five other mainland cities — Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenyang and Wuhan. It also has a consulate in Hong Kong, a Chinese territory.
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