China Warns U.S. to Think ‘Carefully’ About Where Relations Are Heading

  • Says U.S. breaking ‘friendship bridge’ between the two sides
  • China has pledged to respond to U.S. closing Houston consulate
The US consulate in Hong Kong.Photographer: Vivek Prakash/AFP via Getty Images
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China warned the U.S. to think “carefully” about where their relationship was heading, in response to a question about their trade deal that came amid a flare in tensions over the forced closure of Beijing’s consulate in Houston.

“China’s position on the China-U.S. relationship is clear and consistent,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a daily briefing in Beijing on Thursday. “As to which direction this relationship is heading, it’s an issue for the U.S. to carefully think about.”