A employee removes the plaque from the US Consulate in Chengdu, July 26, 2020. – Ng Han Guan / AP / SIPA
Tensions usually are not about to ease between the USA and China. The American flag was lowered Monday morning at the USA consulate in Chengdu, three days after the announcement of its closure by Beijing. The transfer is actually the consequence of the same motion taken in opposition to the Chinese language consulate in Houston by the Trump administration, in opposition to the backdrop of mutual espionage expenses that style just like the Chilly Struggle.
🇨🇳🇺🇸 It has been 72 hours since China’s FMi ordered the closure of the US #Consulate Common in #Chengdu on July 24. CGTN’s @Frontlinestory takes you thru what’s occurred in 60 seconds. #ChinaUS
🇨🇳🇺🇸 1 分钟 看 # 美国 驻 成都 总 领馆 接到 闭馆 通知 后 的 72 小时pic.twitter.com/kHySaeuMGq
– CCTV Asia Pacific (@CCTVAsiaPacific) July 27, 2020
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Overseas journalists on the sidelines
“This morning at 6:18 am, the United States Consulate in Chengdu lowered the American flag,” public broadcaster CCTV reported, exhibiting the picture of the star-spangled banner slowly descending alongside its pole contained in the diplomatic advanced. In contrast to in earlier days, international journalists weren’t allowed by legislation enforcement to method the constructing.
#Chengdu The sound of firecrackers was an expression of pleasure on the departure of the US Consulate in Chengdu. pic.twitter.com/ckavanIfp1
– BoFan (@ zhubofan21) July 24, 2020
Since Friday, reporters have seen Chengdu consulate employees take out trash luggage and a bus depart the scene, all curtains closed, for an unknown vacation spot. “Some employees of the United States consulate in Chengdu have engaged in activities beyond their remit, they interfered in the internal affairs of China and endangered the security and Chinese interests,” mentioned diplomacy Chinese language.
Individuals enter the Chinese language consulate
On the identical time in the USA, American brokers lastly entered the Chinese language consulate in Houston on Friday after opening the door utilizing instruments. Beijing protested in opposition to this intrusion as a result of it’s “national property of China” beneath worldwide legislation. In a context of heightened diplomatic pressure across the coronavirus and Hong Kong, Washington justified its choice by asserting that this consulate was “a hub for espionage and theft of intellectual property”.
