In retaliation for the US order to close the Chinese Consulate in Houston, China has ordered the US to close the American Consulate in Chengdu. The historical capital of Shu Han, Chengdu is also the capital of the Sichuan Province, and a population of over 16 million people.
Tit-for-tat consular closings are common retaliation, and Chinese officials were saying this was virtually obligatory to make a move in response to Houston.The State Department is being rather noncommittal on if they’ll actually close the site.
Personnel may have to leave, but the State Department says they “still have a job to do” in Chengdu, and seems to intend to keep some operations ongoing in the closed consulate either way. How this will comply with a closure order is unclear, but they noted China never agreed to close Houston either.
Even those losing a consulate was the predictable outcome of the Houston order, US officials don’t want to admit to any blowback, and instead want to be vague on how they intend to react to the problem that they were clearly unprepared for.
* “Document Fires” rage uncontrollably in Chengdu at the US consulate sparking concerns among someCsome citizens that the embassy was used for nefarious purposes.
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My Mama always said “stupid is as stupid does”
Chengdu consulate will be closed on Monday….bye bye to steering up tension among the Uighur minority in Xinjiang Province and Tibet.
Wuhan consulate is closed because the US staff returned to the US……now they want to return to the consulate, but they refuse to be tested and take the 14 days quarantine.
2 down, 4 more to go…..does Trump dare, closing more Chinese consulates?…if so, Hong Kong consulate could be next.
It looks like all this Tit-for-Tad is leading towards the 4th turning due 2024-2028.