The Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Houston was a diplomatic mission of China, headquartered at 3417 Montrose Boulevard in the Montrose neighborhood of Houston, Texas. It served eight states in the Southern United States: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississ...
Marco Rubio, R-Fla., who chairs the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said in a tweet that "China’s Houston consulate is a massive spy center," and "forcing it to close is long...
Houston police and fire officials are responding to reports that documents are being burned in the courtyard of the Consulate General of China in Houston, according to the Houston Police Department.
In a system where states often "turn a blind eye" to the intelligence gathering of diplomats to suit their "mutual interests", why has the US ordered the closure of China's Houston consulate?
Besides its embassy in Washington and the consulate in Houston, China also has four other US diplomatic missions in New York, Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. The sudden escalation...
Mr Hu on Wednesday said China had been given 72 hours to close its Houston consulate. The foreign ministry said the Chengdu closure was “in compliance with international law”. “The...
China ordered the mission closed late last week in retaliation for a U.S. order to shut down the Chinese Consulate in Houston earlier the same week. The tit-for-tat closings marked a...
State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said the directive to close China’s consulate general Houston was made to protect American intellectual property and the private information...
" Of note: Confirmation of the closure that's due to occur on Friday came after police and fire crews responded to a call of smoke coming from the Consulate General of China in Houston...
The US has ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, Texas, by Friday - a move described as "political provocation" by Beijing. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the decision...