The wife of the US Consul General in Chengdu has faced backlash in China after web users accused her of comparing her departure from the city earlier this year to Jews escaping from the Nazis during the Second World War. Beijing has shut down Washington’s Chengdu office in tit-for-tat retaliation after Donald Trump closed down … Read more
Chinese citizens have allegedly lit firecrackers outside the US consulate in Chengdu to celebrate the closure of the diplomatic mission. Footage shows a man setting off braids of fireworks as they flare up with smoke in the front-end of the building in the western city of Chengdu on Friday. Tens of millions of Chinese web … Read more
China orders US to close its consulate in Chengdu in tit for tat retaliation after Trump closed down Houston consulate amid spying accusations China ordered the United States on Friday to close its consulate in the western city of Chengdu The move was a response to the Trump administration’s order this week for Beijing to … Read more