The tit-for-tat move is a 'legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable measures by the United States', the foreign ministry said in a statement.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - China said on Friday that it had revoked the licence for the United States consulate in the south-western city of Chengdu, in retaliation for the closure of China's Houston consulate earlier this week.
The tit-for-tat move is a"legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable measures by the United States", the foreign ministry said in a statement. “The current situation in China-US relations is not what China desires to see, and the US is responsible for all this,” the statement said. Tensions have been escalating on multiple fronts between the world’s two biggest economies, deteriorating further after Washington ordered the closure of the Houston consulate on Tuesday within 72 hours.The Chengdu consulate was established in 1985, and has around 200 staff with approximately 150 locally hired Chinese staff, according to its website.
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