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Nevilledog

(51,104 posts) Sun Jul 26, 2020, 01:23 PM Jul 2020

US officers force open rear door of Chinese consulate in Houston following closure order

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-officers-force-open-rear-115022690.html

Law enforcement officials were seen forcing open a door at the Chinese consulate in Houston shortly after the US-imposed deadline for its closure took effect.

The group, who were accompanied by a State Department official, pried open a rear door and went inside without responding to questions from reporters.

Chinese officials were ordered to leave by 4pm on Friday amid escalating tensions between Beijing and the Trump administration, which said the consulate had been "a hub of spying and intellectual property theft".

The officers did not reveal to reporters where they were from, but one member of the group appeared to be Cliff Seagroves, the State Department's top official for foreign missions.

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US officers force open rear door of Chinese consulate in Houston following closure order (Original Post) Nevilledog Jul 2020 OP

I wouldn't be surprised if the consulate in Chengdu wasn't subjected to the same treatment. Igel Jul 2020 #1

Igel

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1. I wouldn't be surprised if the consulate in Chengdu wasn't subjected to the same treatment.

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Sun Jul 26, 2020, 02:05 PM

Jul 2020

Even if this hadn't happened.

Actually, wouldn't be surprised if the consulate in Chengdu were left open and accidentally caught fire. Don't know what kind of nationalist rage is being whipped up over this, if any, but when push comes to shove I'd think the average Chinese citizen is more nationalist than the average American.

But nationalism is like size. Put you eye up against a pea, it blocks everything and looks huge. Put Mt. Shasta 5 miles away, and a pea at arm's length will block it from sight. If you're unaware of the importance of perspective, then the quick and easy assertion is that the pea is "objectively" bigger than Mt. Shasta.

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