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U.S. Orders Closure of Chinese Consulate in Houston: Documents Burned in Barrels in Response

posted by martyb on Wednesday July 22 2020, @06:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the US-consulates-ordered-closed-in-3...2... dept.

takyon writes:

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.

Also at BBC and CNBC.

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  • (Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday July 22 2020, @10:38PM (6 children)

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Wednesday July 22 2020, @10:38PM (#1025173)

    What is with the posting as an A/C then signing your post?

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  • (Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Wednesday July 22 2020, @11:40PM

    by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Wednesday July 22 2020, @11:40PM (#1025199)

    What is with the posting as an A/C then signing your post?

    They might not have been able to log in at their current location.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2020, @12:12AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2020, @12:12AM (#1025214)

    Not a user
    https://soylentnews.org/~childo/ [soylentnews.org]
    Maybe a salutation chill dude

    • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday July 24 2020, @01:10PM

      by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 24 2020, @01:10PM (#1025745) Journal
      Or a line of refrigerated party favors for the more interesting sorts of parties.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2020, @08:23AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 23 2020, @08:23AM (#1025341)

    In the olden days blank paper, blank walls, blackboards, caves etc, wasn’t all pre labelled “anonymous coward”. So people took to signing off at the end of their scrawl.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Friday July 24 2020, @01:07PM (1 child)

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 24 2020, @01:07PM (#1025742) Journal
    OriginalOwner did that too. It's a pain to look through the posts, but at least, we can websearch past comments, should this poster ever become a regular.