Chinese Foreign Ministry has ordered the US government to shutter a diplomatic office in Chengdu, a move Beijing deemed a tit-for-tat response to Washington’s recent expulsion of Chinese consulate staff from a facility in Texas.
“China has decided to revoke the license for the establishment and operation of the US Consulate General in Chengdu and put forward specific requirements for the Consulate General to stop all business and activities,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Friday morning.
Beijing once again urged Washington to “immediately revoke the erroneous decision to create necessary conditions for the return of bilateral relations to normal,” it added.
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