China has actually bought the US to close its consulate in the city of Chengdu as tensions continue to install in between the 2 countries.
The most recent tit-for-tat escalation comes days after Washington informed Beijing to stop its operations at the Chinese consulate in Houston after the US implicated Chinese representatives of attempting to take other and medical research study in Texas.
The United States has an embassy in the Chinese capital Beijing and consulates in 5 other mainland cities – Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Shenyang and Wuhan – while it likewise has a consulate in Hong Kong.
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Beijing stated the action taken in the southwestern city of Chengdu was “a legitimate and necessary response”.
A foreign ministry declaration stated: “The present scenario in Chinese-US relations is not what China desires to see. The United States is accountable for all this.
“We once again urge the United States to immediately retract its wrong decision and create necessary conditions for bringing the bilateral relationship back on track.”
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump bought the closure of China’s consulate in Houston within 72 hours.
Washington stated the closure was needed “to protect American intellectual property and Americans’ private information”.
Beijing turned down the accusations of information theft as “malicious slander” and alerted the relocation was “breaking down the bridge of friendship” in between the 2 countries.
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China has actually informed the US to shut its consulate in Chengdu
On Thursday, US authorities declared China’s consulate in San Francisco was harbouring a Chinese scientist, Tang Juan, who is presumed of visa scams and hiding her ties to the military.
It is declared she lied about her background in the Communist Party’s military wing on a visa application to work at the University of California, and once again throughout an FBI interview last month.
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The US and China have actually clashed consistently in current months over concerns consisting of the coronavirus pandemic, trade and Hong Kong.
Previously today, the US charged 2 Chinese nationals with hacking “hundreds and hundreds” of people in the States and worldwide, consisting of defence professionals and coronavirus scientists.
The set were explained as “one of the most prolific groups of hackers” the FBI has actually examined.
China has actually consistently rejected hacking the US and other competing powers.
