U.S. Orders China to Close Its Houston Consulate in 72 Hours (archive)
The United States ordered China to close its diplomatic consulate in Houston, the Chinese foreign ministry said on Wednesday, dealing another blow to the rapidly deteriorating relations between the two countries.
In the hours after the Trump administration notified the Chinese of its decision, smoke was seen billowing from a courtyard inside the consulate as employees dumped what appeared to be documents into flaming barrels, according to a video posted by KPRC-TV, a local television station.
The Houston police and fire departments responded to reports of a fire on Tuesday evening but did not enter the building, over which the Chinese have sovereignty.
(Score: 5, Interesting) by fustakrakich on Wednesday July 22 2020, @06:44PM (20 children)
The state department claims China is violating diplomatic immunity for wanting to test and quarantine American diplomats returning to China [reuters.com]
They expect the virus to respect diplomatic protocol:
Oh the irony!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday July 22 2020, @07:00PM (17 children)
DOJ: Chinese hackers stole "hundreds of millions of dollars" of secrets [arstechnica.com]
It might have been better to combine them into one story, but oh well.
[SIG] 10/28/2017: Soylent Upgrade v14 [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 2, Interesting) by fustakrakich on Wednesday July 22 2020, @07:08PM (16 children)
DOJ "alleges"...
Of course! That's the daily to run on the wire... goes without saying
Please, from this government, even the hurricane forecasts are suspect
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2020, @07:12PM (15 children)
I enjoyed the images of Ugyhurs being transported by train. Fun stuff.
(Score: 0, Troll) by fustakrakich on Wednesday July 22 2020, @07:31PM (14 children)
C'mon, it's a long ride [alarabiya.net]
And you're sure the pictures are real, right? I mean, why would anybody wanna lie about this?
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2020, @07:51PM (10 children)
Your defense of China is amazing. It reminds me of leftwing apologetics to the national socialist party of Germany before the war.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by fustakrakich on Wednesday July 22 2020, @07:54PM (9 children)
"Defense of China"... very funny
However, all your war mongering can only lead to tragedy.. You should have learned something from the last one they lied you into... Evidently not... Oh well...
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2020, @08:12PM (4 children)
Criticizing China is war mongering! That is prime apologia. I can't wait to hear more. Democracy? With its lies and falsehood which the West propagate to weaklings halfwits and cowards to be overtaken by the strong united CCP lead by Xi.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2020, @08:18PM
Don't give fustakreature a hard time. He won't realize there's a Cold War happening until a decade after it's over.
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by fustakrakich on Wednesday July 22 2020, @09:37PM (2 children)
Criticizing China is war mongering! That is prime apologia.
*sigh* get the beam outta your eye
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by khallow on Wednesday July 22 2020, @11:39PM
Heal thyself, physician.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2020, @04:17AM
Flamebait
War mongers UNITE!
psychotic!
(Score: 4, Informative) by hemocyanin on Thursday July 23 2020, @12:08AM (3 children)
Which party is attempting to pass legislation to PREVENT Trump from withdrawing troops?
From Germany: https://news.antiwar.com/2020/06/18/democrats-introduce-bill-to-block-trumps-withdrawal-of-troops-from-germany/ [antiwar.com]
From Afghanistan: https://thehill.com/policy/defense/505568-house-panel-votes-to-constrain-afghan-drawdown-ask-for-assessment-on [thehill.com]
Who are the warmongers these days? Who endorses censorship or cultishly adhering to anti-scientific principles? Who wants to export all the jobs possible, and import cheap labor to destroy wages in those positions which can't be exported? It's like being in a time traveling body switching B movie sci-fi and it's 1985 but Republicans and Democrats have switched places.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2020, @12:18AM
I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed this.
Although the dems were pretty censorship-happy in those days as well. Anyone remember Frank Zappa testifying to congress about the first amendment?
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday July 23 2020, @06:11AM (1 child)
Republicans and Democrats have switched places.
But remain on the same team... It is symbiotic, like ants and aphids
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2020, @08:56PM
exactly. it's all run by the same supranational interests.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2020, @08:35PM
The Chinese government admitted they were real. The thing is they don't give a shit because the know nothing is going to happen anyway.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by HiThere on Wednesday July 22 2020, @08:35PM (1 child)
We can't be sure the pictures are real. Not without personal inspection, either in person or by someone we trust.
That said, that doesn't mean that the US government is telling the truth either. Both sides are lying their heads off, and you can't really tell which stories bear any relation to reality, you can only guess. My *GUESS* is that the Chinese are being unreasonably brutal to the Ugyhurs, but it's a guess. And one doesn't need to look very hard to find images of the US govt., or at least its apparent agents, being equally brutal. One may guess that it's more frequent in China, and that's plausible, but it's a guess. Trusting either side is foolish, and both sides are manipulating the media.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday July 22 2020, @09:29PM
You know, the US doesn't look too kindly on people who join foreign militias either. Maybe it would be better if China used foreign rendition so nothing untoward happens on their own territory
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 4, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday July 22 2020, @08:47PM (1 child)
Travel bans against the US are the new hotness.
We're the dirty disease ridden foreigners now baby!
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Wednesday July 22 2020, @09:07PM
"Cootiestan"!
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..