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People move bags and boxes to a van outside the Chinese consulate in Houston on the last day of a 72 hours deadline for personnel to leave after the US ordered the closure of the diplomatic mission in Texas. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says in a press conference with Denmark’s Foreign Minister during a visit to Copenhagen that President Donald Trump will continue to take actions over China that "protect the American people," their national security and economy. The United States has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston and accused it of ramping up spying operations, dramatically escalating diplomatic tensions between the feuding superpowers. SOUNDBITE
About a dozen firefighters wait outside the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas, after the United States ordered China to close its consulate over accusations of spying operations. The firefighters and police were called Tuesday evening to the consulate building in Texas on reports that documents were being burned in trashcans in the courtyard, according to local media. IMAGES
Chengdu, Jul 26 (EFE/EPA).- Authorities on Sunday tightened security outside the U.S. consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu as American staff inside prepared to leave.Beijing gave the Chengdu consulate until 10am (02:00 GMT) on Monday to shut.The US Consulate General in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu has been ordered to cease operations as a reciprocal measure against the US demanding the closure of China's Consulate General in Houston.The decision to close China's consulate general in Houston was made to protect American intellectual property and the private information of its citizens, said US State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus. (Camera: ALEKSANDAR PLAVENSKI).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY STAND GUARD IN FRONT OF THE US CONSULATE IN CHENGDU, SICHUAN PROVINCE, CHINA.
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
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