China has announced the closure of the US consulate in Chengdu, just days after Washington gave Beijing 72 hours to vacate its Houston consulate.
Tensions between the world’s two superpowers have risen to their most dangerous level in decades as the coronavirus pandemic rages through the US and Beijing cracks down on Hong Kong’s autonomy.
China said it notified the US embassy in Beijing on Friday morning that it had revoked the Chengdu consulate’s licence to operate. It said the decision was “a legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable actions of the United States”.
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