America captured the Chinese embassy in Houston, the dragon retaliated

• First America asked to close the consulate

• Later China closed the US Embassy in Chengdu.

Diplomatic attacks continue between the US and China. First, the US asked China to close the consulate in the Texas state city of Houston, and in response, China on Friday asked the US to close its consulate in Chengdu. On Saturday, US federal agents and officials of law enforcement agencies barged into the Chinese consulate complex in Houston. They were also with lock locks.Apparently, the tension between the two countries has continued since the Trump administration ordered the closure of China’s consulate in Houston this week accusing it of economic espionage. The Chinese Consulate is located in the busy Montrose Boulevard area of ​​Houston for the past 40 years. But the Trump administration closed it on Friday evening. On Friday, the Chinese flag and the state emblem were removed from the building. Also, the consulate employees were seen taking out their belongings from the building in the morning.

As soon as the Chinese diplomats vacated the building, several black SUV cars, trucks, two white vans and a lock fixer van entered the building complex, as reported by CNN. On the other hand, China’s Foreign Ministry in Beijing said that it has expressed strong opposition and dissatisfaction against the forceful entry of US law enforcement officials in the consulate. As well as diplomatic protests have also been lodged.

“China will give appropriate and necessary response in this regard,” the ministry said in a statement. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said the building at the Houston Consulate is a diplomatic consulate and is China’s national asset. The ministry said that according to the Vienna Agreement on Diplomatic Relations and the Sino-US Commercial Embassy Treaty, the US should not encroach on the Chinese Consulate Complex in Houston under any circumstances.

US intervening in internal affairs: China

China on Friday ordered the closure of the US Consulate in Chengdu city, accusing the US of interfering in internal affairs and harming its national security interests.

According to local media, 40 minutes after the deadline of four o’clock in the evening set to evacuate the consulate, a person entered the premises (a Foreign Department official). After this, the small back door was opened. After about an hour, the fire brigade entered the building.

Chinese Embassy involved in secret activities: US

Officials of the Trump administration gave more detailed information about the decision to close China’s Houston consulate on Friday. He claimed that the Chinese mission was trying to influence on behalf of Beijing. According to the US government, he was involved in secret activities. In a press conference organized by the State Department, a senior Department of Justice official said, “The activities of the Chinese Consulate in Houston were going beyond acceptable levels and if we do not block them, then more Chinese consulates in Houston and across the country There was a danger of being aggressive.

The Chinese Consulate in Houston, Texas, was opened in 1979. After its closure, China’s embassy in the US capital Washington and four consulates in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco will remain. It also has an office in the United Nations.

In recent months, tensions have also increased between the two countries over how China can deal with the corona virus epidemic, action against Uygar Muslims in Xinjiang province and disputed national security law in Hong Kong.