The Chinese flag flies outside of the Chinese consulate in Houston after the US State Department ordered China to close the consulate in Houston, Texas, the United States. US-Chinese tensions, already rising because of the coronavirus pandemic and crackdown in Hong Kong, ratcheted up another notch on Wednesday as the US ordered the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston within 72 hours. China reacted angrily to the US move, which came a day after the unveiling of a US indictment of two Chinese nationals for allegedly hacking hundreds of companies worldwide.
- Package: US China Consulate
- Categories: Social Issues, Politics
- Location: Houston, USA
- Event date: 22.07.2020
- Date published: 23.07.2020
- Author: Stringer
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4347x2890px, 4.6Mb
- Job-ID: ceb20e6cd11f5a0b