United States orders China to close Consulate

[Juke]

U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate, Citing Efforts to Steal Trade Secrets (Published 2020)

The Trump administration accused Chinese citizens of stealing scientific research and told the country’s diplomats in Texas to leave. Beijing warned it would retaliate.

www.nytimes.com

A new cold war is starting up. I just hope Somalia isn't part of it after that Taiwan-Somaliland stuff

The United States ordered China to close its diplomatic consulate in Houston within 72 hours, dealing another blow to the rapidly deteriorating relations between the two countries. China promptly vowed to retaliate, calling the move illegal.

The State Department said the closure was made in response to repeated Chinese violations of American sovereignty, including “massive illegal spying and influence operations.”

The Trump administration’s decision, an unusual and grave step, was a significant escalation of its effort to tighten the reins on Chinese diplomats, journalists, scholars and others in the United States. It comes amid rising tensions that were inflamed by the coronavirus pandemic but that now touch on virtually all aspects of the relationship.

The restrictions have included issuing Cold War-like travel rules for diplomats and requiring several Chinese state news organizations to register as diplomatic entities.

The administration is also considering a travel ban for members of the Communist Party and their families. Such a move, if enacted, could affect 270 million people, and it has been widely criticized as too sweeping to be practical.

The State Department spokeswoman, Morgan Ortagus, said the order to close the consulate showed that the United States would not tolerate China’s “egregious behavior.”

 

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This is getting messy

 

[Octavian]

U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate, Citing Efforts to Steal Trade Secrets (Published 2020)

The Trump administration accused Chinese citizens of stealing scientific research and told the country’s diplomats in Texas to leave. Beijing warned it would retaliate.

www.nytimes.com

A new cold war is starting up. I just hope Somalia isn't part of it after that Taiwan-Somaliland stuff

interesting

 

[Aurelian]

U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate, Citing Efforts to Steal Trade Secrets (Published 2020)

The Trump administration accused Chinese citizens of stealing scientific research and told the country’s diplomats in Texas to leave. Beijing warned it would retaliate.

www.nytimes.com

A new cold war is starting up. I just hope Somalia isn't part of it after that Taiwan-Somaliland stuff

Cirka ha isku la kacan

 

[The Somali Caesar]

But Trump is leaving in November so I doubt this means much. Biden will just overturn it the same way Trump overturned ObamaCare

 

[Karim]

The world was in chaos for 4 consecutive years cause of Trump. We need someone sane in the White House and Joe Biden isn't sane but SENILE OLD MAN WITH DEMENTIA. China will rob the US in daylight if Biden becomes president.

 

[Juke]

But Trump is leaving in November so I doubt this means much. Biden will just overturn it the same way Trump overturned ObamaCare

Don't kid yourself, Trump is going to win. Sleepy Joe has no real chance.

 

[Jungle's Finest ☔]

Don't kid yourself, Trump is going to win. Sleepy Joe has no real chance.

reer us wont make the same mistake twice

 

[The Somali Caesar]

Don't kid yourself, Trump is going to win. Sleepy Joe has no real chance.

I really want Trump to win also but I think he’s lost respect especially from his own Republican supporters. There’s the #RepublicansVoteForBiden trending.

 

[Jungle's Finest ☔]

I really want Trump to win also but I think he’s lost a lot of respect especially from his own Republican supporters. There’s the #RepublicansVoteForBiden trending.

why do you want trump to win

 

[The Somali Caesar]

why do you want trump to win

Why do you not want Trump to win?

 

[Jungle's Finest ☔]

Why do you not want Trump to win?

he hates muslims

 

[Regg]

he hates muslims

Under Trump, anti-Muslim sentiment has declined in the last 4 years.

Everything is focused on the Chinese, Russians and the internal struggles in the US.

US role in the MENA region has been replaced by Turkey, Russia, Saudi-UAE coalition and Egypt (soon). I don’t give a shit about the part...

BUT, I really do appreciate that he’s taken us off from the spotlight and made the Chinese the next boogeyman.

 

[Somali Napolean]

The rising power vs the established power, history is just repeating itself. And like all the other incidents where these two powers went to war, a third party agitator leads them into war. I really doubt that China and USA will have any real direct wars anytime soon tho, but as the global economies continue to push China into a corner who knows.

 

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[AbdiGeedi]

Trump is the only US president that stands up to China in the recent history. I hope he gets re-elected.

 

[Gabay]

Somalia should stay neutral as both of these two strong backers of Ethiopia and therefore they're not our friends.... But the waqoyi administrations (Somaliland and Puntland) are such d!cksuckers that they'll get us involved in this, they taking sides and they are myopic.