[–] lifeduringwartime 0 points 8 points 8 points (+8|-0) ago
Sheila Jackson Lei is the most upset.
[–] Lindorinel 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Could there be hundreds if not thousands of counterfeit ballots being burned?
[–] monababy_11 ago
This move must have really hit them where it counts..... More to come I am sure.
https://archive.ph/wip/597Ru :
2020-07-22 | US orders China to close its consulate in Houston
'The Chinese consulate in Houston was opened in 1979 — the first in the year the US and the People’s Republic of China established diplomatic ties, according to Agence France-Presse. '
'The move — which the Chinese official said will sabotage relations between the two powers — came hours after firefighters responded to a fire reportedly sparked by the burning of documents at the Consulate General of China in Houston. '
'Besides its embassy in Beijing, the US has five consulates in mainland China — Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Wuhan and Shenyang. '
'The US government has been harassing Chinese diplomatic staff for some time, Wang added, as well as “intimidating and interrogating Chinese students and confiscating their personal electrical devices, even detaining them,” according to Reuters. '
'The order to shutter the Chinese consulate comes as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in Europe, where he has been rallying leaders to take a tougher stance with Beijing, and meeting with exiled dissidents, CNN reported. '
[–] NamelessMofo 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
“intimidating and interrogating Chinese spies and confiscating their personal electrical devices, even detaining them,”
FTFY
[–] Qdini [S] 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago (edited ago)
This story is going mainstream..... the Daily Mail just picked up the story and is at the Top of their webpage:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8547957/China-says-US-orders-close-consulate-Houston.html
"Senator Marco Rubio, the acting chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, claimed in a tweet Wednesday morning that 'China's Houston consulate is a massive spy center.'