China orders US to close Chengdu consulate in retaliation to Houston closure

ISLAMABAD, July 25 (online): China has officially ordered the U.S. to close its consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu in an expected retaliation against the ordered closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston earlier this week.

“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China notified the U.S. Embassy in China that China has decided to revoke the permission for the establishment and operation of the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu and put forward specific requirements for the Consulate General to stop all business and activities,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday.

Beijing defended its response as, “a legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable actions of the United States.”

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