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US orders China to close Houston consulate as tensions soar

Staff inside a Chinese embassy have been caught burning papers in a last minute rush after the US evicted China over a rising feud.

Matt Young and AFP
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July 23, 202012:35am

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Chinese staff at its Houston embassy seen burning documents. Picture: Twitter @KPRC2TulsiSource:Twitter


Staff inside the Chinese embassy in Houston, Texas, have been caught burning papers and documents in a last minute rush after the US evicted China and ordered it close its consulate, accusing it of ramping up spying operations.

The announcement infuriated Beijing and dramatically escalating diplomatic tensions between the feuding superpowers, with China vowing to retaliate as the two countries squabble over a slew of issues ranging from trade to the coronavirus pandemic and China’s policies in Hong Kong, Xinjiang and the South China Sea.

Neighbours close to the Consulate General of China captured the video of staff purportedly burning the documents in the courtyard of the consulate, forcing a call to Texan police and fire officials in bizarre scenes where they were not formally allowed inside and forced to watch from the outside.

“You could just smell the paper burning,” a witness at the scene told KPRC 2, which noted, “people could be seen throwing things into the flaming bins.”

“But, all the firefighters were just surrounding the building. They couldn’t go inside.”

Just an hour later new footage emerged of staff hosing down the burning bins.


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