At 6: 18 am on July 27th, the American flag was lowered at the American Consulate General in Chengdu, China, and the American Consulate General in Chengdu, which opened on October 16th, 1985, was officially closed. The US State Department said in a statement that it was “disappointed” by China’s decision. According to the views of many netizens on Twitter, China only did what the US had done to China before, and some American netizens mentioned it-this is the “typical American response.” We (America) take action first, and when the other party retaliates, we start to get angry. ”
The Chinese Foreign Ministry has previously stressed that on July 21, the US unilaterally provoked an incident and suddenly asked the Chinese to close the Consulate General in Houston, which seriously violated international law and the basic norms of international relations and the relevant provisions of the Sino-US consular treaty, and seriously damaged Sino-US relations. The Chinese side’s closure of the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu, China is a legitimate and necessary response to the unreasonable behavior of the U.S. side, which conforms to international law and the basic norms of international relations, and conforms to diplomatic practice.
In fact, before that, the mails of Chinese Consulate General in Houston were opened privately by the US, and even Chinese diplomats received bombs and death threats. Last week, the Chinese Consulate General in Houston was forcibly closed. As far as the principle of diplomatic reciprocity is concerned, it is normal for China to close the US Consulate General in Chengdu, which is just a restrained reciprocal response.
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