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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
First unsuccessful attempt at US plaque removal from the consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu, one day after Beijing ordered its closure as relations deteriorated in a Cold War-style standoff. The Chengdu mission was ordered 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
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.
Images of the entrance to the American consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu 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
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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