The American flag has been removed at a U.S. consulate in southwestern China, according to state media, as officials abandon the properties under order of the Chinese federal government.
State broadcaster CCTV stated on its social networks account that the flag was reduced at 6.18 am on Monday at the US mission in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan provine.
Police have actually closed off a two to three block area around the consulate, cutting off essentially any view of the property. Automobiles might be seen moving in the range behind numerous cops lines.
China bought the closing of the consulate on Friday in retaliation for a U.S. order to close the Chinese Consulate in Houston
The tit-for-tat closings marked a significant escalation in the tensions between the two nations over a variety of concerns, consisting of trade, innovation, security and human rights.
Moving trucks came to the U.S. consulate Sunday afternoon and left a couple of hours later on. Late at nig