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Added on the 26/07/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Moving trucks arrive at the US consulate in Chengdu on Saturday afternoon after after Beijing ordered its closure in a tit-for-tat diplomatic battle with Washington on Friday. US-China relations spiralled this week when the Chengdu mission was told to shut in retaliation for the forced closure of Beijing's consulate in Houston, Texas, with both sides alleging the other had endangered national security. IMAGES
Images of security presence outside the US consulate building in Chengdu after it was ordered after Beijing ordered its closure in a tit-for-tat diplomatic battle with Washington. US-China relations spiralled this week when the Chengdu mission was told to shut in retaliation for the forced closure of Beijing's consulate in Houston, Texas, with both sides alleging the other had endangered national security. IMAGES
Images of the entrance to the American consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu being guarded by Chinese police officers and photographed by onlookers, after the Asian country's government ordered its closure in response to the United States' decision to close China's consulate in Houston on espionage charges. IMAGES
Chengdu (China), Jul 27 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Aleksandar Plavevski)The United States Consulate General in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu on Monday lowered its flag a few hours before the deadline for its closure, ordered by Beijing Friday in response to the shuttering of the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas.FOOTAGE OF THE CONSULATE
Images from a road leading to the US Consulate in Chengdu in China after it was taken over by Chinese authorities, days after Beijing ordered it to close in retaliation for the shuttering of its mission in Houston. IMAGES