China vows to retaliate after U.S. orders closure of its consulate in Houston
7/22/20
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from The Washington Post,
7/22/20:
The United States has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston by Friday, an abrupt move that opens up a new front in a battle for supremacy between the world’s two biggest economies.
Beijing immediately vowed to retaliate for the “unprecedented escalation,” leading to speculation it could order the closure of the U.S. Consulate in Wuhan, which has been shuttered since the novel coronavirus epidemic spread across the city in January.
The confrontation in the diplomatic sphere widens a conflict that already incorporated trade and technology, freedom of the press and religion, students and scientists, as well as the coronavirus and the race for a vaccine.
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