Chinese policemen march past the former United States Consulate in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province on Monday (July 27). Chinese authorities took control of the former US consulate in the city on Monday after it was ordered closed amid rising tensions between the global powers. - AP
CHENGDU, China, July 27 (Reuters): China took over the premises of the US consulate in the southwestern city of Chengdu on Monday, after ordering the facility to be vacated in retaliation for China's ouster last week from its consulate in Houston, Texas.
The seizure capped a dramatic escalation in tensions between the world's two biggest economies that began when employees at China's Houston consulate were seen burning documents in a courtyard last Tuesday, hours before Beijing announced that it had been ordered to leave the facility.
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