China has ordered the United States to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu, retaliating against Washington’s move earlier this week to shut down the Chinese consulate in the city of Houston.
The Chinese foreign ministry said on Friday the Chengdu mission’s closure was a “legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable measures by the United States”.
“The current situation in China-US relations is not what China desires to see,” it said in a statement, adding that “the US is responsible for all this”. Read More…
