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US order shut down of Chinese consulate in Houston

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Whoa.

Just when you thought Sino-US relations couldn’t get any worse…

On Tuesday, the US government ordered China to shut down its Houston consulate and vacate the premises within 72 hours.

Officials immediately started getting rid of documents (Bloomberg):

“The first signs of trouble c...