Beijing Takes Over U.S. Chengdu Consulate After Forced Closure
- Tit-for-tat tensions continue to simmer between U.S., China
- Closure follows U.S. shuttering China’s mission in Houston
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Chinese authorities have taken over the U.S. consulate in Chengdu following its closure, the latest historic milestone marking the deterioration in relations between Washington and Beijing.
The U.S. lowered its flag over the American consulate in the southwest Chinese city earlier Monday, less than three days after the U.S. government forced their Chinese counterparts out of their mission in Houston. The security cordon around the consulate, which has ebbed and flowed since China announced its decision Friday to expel the diplomats, tightened Monday morning, with police preventing pedestrians from getting within a block of the facility.