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U.S. gives China 72 hours to shut Houston consulate as spying charges mount

Good move.. world should ban china until vaccine for kunflu virus found. Otherwise they will spread another version of the virus through their consulates around the world.
 
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Let it escalate, China will suffer more, its exports will be reduced, factories will over stock and unemployment will increase, EU soon will follow suit, otherwill India, Japan, Aus, NZ.. only PAK and CPEC wild dreams will remain.
Sorry brother, but this wont work. why? China is still in growth mode and China has massive savings and leverage due to control of majority of the developing world's business turnover. Even if China's exports go down, they dont care, because they are currently in the domestic supplying phase..they already used exports to build riches and control most of the world's daily commerce....these comments you made here you might regret, because it shows you've greatly underestimated China. US already is tired from wars, China hasnt fought 1 since the 70s...and CHina has savings..CHina can enter war today...because they can afford to..literally...if US enters another war soon its economy will collapse. pls look at reality..its not as pretty as you paint it.

lol if trump lose election he said he wont leave white house.
He will lose, but go to jail after losing.

US STOCK MARKET IS COOKED. it keeps going up now despite national economic parameters being down. how else can that happen? COOKED BOOKS!

Trump will win. his supporters are all gun owners lol.
You usually have sharp posts, but this one is probably off. This man is going to lose and go to jail after losing. He mishandled COVID and is therefore liable for the death, cost and damage Americans have faced due to his negligence. Trump already said twice apparently recently to reporters that "BIden will be your president"..he had a weak showing in Tulsa, Oklahoma recently that was supposed to be his key support city and they werent enthusiastic to see him...i suspect he will get US into a stupid war...and if he gets reelected, he surely will. stupidity has a cost. i told people this after Trump was elected. Now US is so corrupt, being a billionaire allows you to contest for the presidency, just like Krazy Kanye did recently...
 
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Sorry brother, but this wont work. why? China is still in growth mode and China has massive savings and leverage due to control of majority of the developing world's business turnover. Even if China's exports go down, they dont care, because they are currently in the domestic supplying phase..they already used exports to build riches and control most of the world's daily commerce....these comments you made here you might regret, because it shows you've greatly underestimated China. US already is tired from wars, China hasnt fought 1 since the 70s...and CHina has savings..CHina can enter war today...because they can afford to..literally...if US enters another war soon its economy will collapse. pls look at reality..its not as pretty as you paint it.


He will lose, but go to jail after losing.


US STOCK MARKET IS COOKED. it keeps going up now despite national economic parameters being down. how else can that happen? COOKED BOOKS!


You usually have sharp posts, but this one is probably off. This man is going to lose and go to jail after losing. He mishandled COVID and is therefore liable for the death, cost and damage Americans have faced due to his negligence. Trump already said twice apparently recently to reporters that "BIden will be your president"..he had a weak showing in Tulsa, Oklahoma recently that was supposed to be his key support city and they werent enthusiastic to see him...i suspect he will get US into a stupid war...and if he gets reelected, he surely will. stupidity has a cost. i told people this after Trump was elected. Now US is so corrupt, being a billionaire allows you to contest for the presidency, just like Krazy Kanye did recently...
Yes i was joking about trump winning. Not a serious post.
 
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Trump seeks war. He'll do anything to bait China into war. The question is, how China's respond. Will they take the bait, in order for Trump to get an extension as president, or wait until American dispose him in the next election.
 
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7/23, 12:43 PM (Source: TeleTrader)
China to close US consulate in Chengdu - report
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China is looking to close the United States consulate in the city of Chengdu, located in the country's southwest, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, citing anonymous insiders.

Besides the one in Chengdu, there are four other consulates in mainland China: in Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenyang, and Wuhan along with a consulate general for Hong Kong and Macau. The diplomatic site in Wuhan has also been under consideration for closure by the Chinese authorities, according to an earlier report.

Washington has ordered the shutdown of China's Houston consulate "to protect intellectual property and private information," while US President Donald Trump hinted that similar measures may be imposed on other Chinese diplomatic outposts. In turn, Beijing rejected the US claims, describing them as "groundless fabrications."



China to close US consulate in Chengdu - report - TeleTrader.com
 
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(Reuters) - The United States has told China to close its consulate in Houston, both countries said on Wednesday, deepening a deterioration in bilateral relations, and a source said Beijing was considering shutting down the U.S. consulate in Wuhan.

Washington had "abruptly demanded" closure of the Houston consulate on Tuesday, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said, and the editor of an official media outlet said on Twitter that China had been given 72 hours to do so.

Beijing condemned the order and threatened retaliation, but did not say what measures it might take.


Late on Tuesday in Houston, local media reported that documents had been burned in a courtyard at the consulate building. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said the consulate was operating normally, declining to comment further on those reports.

Ties between the United States and China have worsened sharply this year over a range of issues, from the novel coronavirus and telecoms gear maker Huawei to China's territorial claims in the South China Sea and its imposition of a national security law on Hong Kong.

The U.S. Department of State confirmed the Houston closure decision.

The move was made "in order to protect American intellectual property and American's private information", State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said in a statement.

"The United States will not tolerate the PRC's violations of our sovereignty and intimidation of our people, just as we have not tolerated the PRC's unfair trade practices, theft of American jobs, and other egregious behavior," she added, using an acronym for China's official name, the People's Republic of China.


It was not immediately clear why China's Houston consulate had been singled out.

"The unilateral closure of China's consulate general in Houston within a short period of time is an unprecedented escalation of its recent actions against China," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a regular news briefing.

"We urge the U.S. to immediately revoke this erroneous decision. Should it insist on going down this wrong path, China will react with firm countermeasures," he said.

The U.S. government had been harassing Chinese diplomats and consular staff for some time, Wang said, and "intimidating and interrogating Chinese students and confiscating their personal electrical devices, even detaining them".

He said the United States had interfered with China's diplomatic missions, including intercepting diplomatic pouches and confiscating Chinese items for "official use". He did not specify whether the actions were related to the Houston consulate.


A source with direct knowledge of the matter said China was considering closing the U.S. consulate in Wuhan, where the State Department withdrew staff and their families early this year amid the coranavirus outbreak that first emerged in the central city.

It was not immediately clear what other measures China may consider.

China's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on whether it would shut the consulate.

The U.S. embassy in Beijing referred a query to the State Department. Last month, it had said that the United States would soon resume operations at the Wuhan consulate.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-calls-unprecedented-escalation-idUSKCN24N0UW

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  • At a time when the United States and China are locked in a bitter battle over a number of issues, an unusual incident was reported from Houston, Texas.

    Documents were being burned inside the premises of the Chinese consulate in the city, said reports.

    This development came amid reports that the US has ordered Beijing to shut its consulate in Houston by Friday.

More https://www.newsbytesapp.com/timeli...-being-burned-at-chinese-consulate-in-houston


Why is burning ? Arson ?
 
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Chinese apparently burn the evidence. I mean they are forced to leave within 3 days, the FBI can storm the consulate.

What evidence? Storming a consulate will be considered as war.
 
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Chinese apparently burn the evidence. I mean they are forced to leave within 3 days, the FBI can storm the consulate.
Stop being a hater. Burning documents upon forced consulate shutdown is normal practice. Russians did it in 2017 when US force closing all their consulate within 48 hrs. US also did same thing in the past. They didn't do it in 1979 and got burned by Iran.
You need to stop making up stuff and hating on others who are more successful than you.

What evidence? Storming a consulate will be considered as war.
He doesnt know what he is talking about.
 
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What evidence? Storming a consulate will be considered as war.
It’s in the news. The FBI believes a female PLA spy hides in the consulate.

Stop being a hater. Burning documents upon forced consulate shutdown is normal practice. Russians did it in 2017 when US force closing all their consulate within 48 hrs. US also did same thing in the past. They didn't do it in 1979 and got burned by Iran.
You need to stop making up stuff and hating on others who are more successful than you.


He doesnt know what he is talking about.
Of course it’s a normal practice. Do I say otherwise? If you can’t take with you then you burn everything before you go.
 
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It’s in the news. The FBI believes a female PLA spy hides in the consulate.


Of course it’s a normal practice. Do I say otherwise? If you can’t take with you then you burn everything before you go.

Consulates are meant for spying. What's new here?
 
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Consulates are meant for spying. What's new here?
not new, spying is nothing special. Everybody spies on everybody.
There is a change in sentiment: the US now considers China as enemy. The US never tolerate enemies spying on them.
 
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https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/china-weighs-retaliation-us-orders-closure-houston-consulate
Update (1530ET): Unsurprisingly, Beijing has moved on to the 'bargaining' stage of the response, where it is calling on the White House to reverse its decision, while doubling-down on threats to respond.

  • CHINA EMBASSY URGES U.S. TO REVOKE DECISION; VOWS TO RESPOND
We suspect frenzied back-door talks are happening as we speak.

Mixed signal much.

Even the communist party believes they overestimated their worth to the US & the world for that matter.
 
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