intellectual property by beijing did not see it as a violation of international law and in a tit for tat measure china ordered the u.s. to shut down its consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu the chinese government says the u.s. is to blame for the deteriorating deterioration in relations between the 2 powers it with you. china's measure is a legitimate necessary response to unjust acts of the us it conforms with international law basic norms and international relations and customary diplomatic practices the current situation and by less room relations is not what china wants to see and the us is responsible for all of this has bring in our white house correspondent kimberly how cats live in washington kimberly this is quite a significant u.s. consulate that beijing decided to close what's the response from the white house. have we gotten it in about the last minute or so from the national security council it says that it is calling on the. chinese come in communist party or c.c.p. to cease its malign actions rather than engage in tit for tat retaliations so that is the latest com

was forced to close its consulate in the chinese city of chengdu a tit for tat response following the shutdown of the chinese mission in houston last week we'll speak to a former u.s. diplomat who was stationed in chengdu and the outbreak on the farm in southern germany a 170 my field workers tested positive for coke at 19 our field workers risking their lives to put vegetables on our tables. i'm good to have you with us and we start tonight with a solemn tribute to a civil rights pioneer lawmakers friends and family have been on a ring the late kong. john lewis inside the u.s. capitol building and invitation only ceremony has been held on or little inside the rotunda of the capitol he is the 1st african-american congressman to lie in state in the words on representative lewis was widely admired for his champion of civil rights for everyone he died of cancer earlier this month at the age of 80. w's in his poll has been speaking to african-americans about what the congressman meant to them. a culture of coffee is a 100 percent black owned business its mission is to bring all kinds of p

is warning china against it for tat retaliation after beijing order of the american consulate in the city of chengdu to be shut down that order was in direct response to the closure of china's consulates in houston the trumpet ministration says it was part of a massive spy network with the superpowers are clashing on a range of other issues including donald trump's accusation that china is responsible for the coronavirus pandemic the white house has also been a furious critic of the new security law in hong kong along with china's territorial claims in the south china sea let's wrap all of this up with kimberly how good she is our white house correspondent so a number for arrests in recent days is the white house tries to pressure beijing. there's no question this is a ratcheting up of the tensions between the united states and china not only have we have the appearance in court of the biologist researcher at the university of california that you mentioned there saying that she was here simply for research by the united states alleging that she has ties to china's military we're now

or oil dropped as the rising number of cases continue to stall commercial flights well the tit for tat us china rising tensions also. contributed to the drop as investors thought safe haven assets like gold which hit record highs on monday well to break this all down we're joined by. and c.e.o. of calvin the financial group david makovsky chrystia let's start with you benchmark brant crude prices have risen 120 percent from their april lows they remain above $40.00 a barrel but with these new spikes in coronavirus still is it safe to say that oil markets have recovered well in the interne you can say that yes well prices did recover and they stabilized a bit certainly compared to when they were negative but the recovery might not continued as it is because the oil is now getting hit from both sides on the supply and the demand side so on the supply side opec implemented unprecedented cuts in order to stabilize prices back in may they will soon begin to relax their restraint and begin pumping more north america as we've seen they've already began increasing shale production as fracking

the latest tit for tat battle between the united states and china now includes the closure of consulates in each country with officials accusing the other side of being in the wrong all this as questions around the future of u.s. china relations and the massive trade deal between the 2 countries are going to love it joins me to discuss the latest rachel what is china saying about this closure of the consulate well beijing has confirmed that they chose to close the u.s. consulate in their southwestern province in retaliation to the u.s. decision to close the chinese consulate in houston texas now a spokesperson for china's foreign ministry spoke out and he confirmed that not only are they saying that they believe the u.s. is in the wrong here but they're also accusing the trumpet ministration of violating international law take a listen. would you wish the premises of the chinese consulate general our national property of china according to the vienna convention on consular relations and the china u.s. consular treat you the u.s. cannot invaded the premises of china's consulate general in

provide any further explanation or information for that closure well here we are now in the tit for tat going back and forth once again after trade we saw with the tree we're now we're seeing it with with the hong kong national security bill we're seeing it with the closing of consulate which is the latest where does that leave the u.s. and china relations in the future well it's no secret that we've seen increased tensions between the u.s. and china over in recent months and secretary of state my pompei o is even saying that every attempt at the u.s. is made to sort of engage with china is a failure and he said that in a speech where he called on the rest of the world to join the u.s. in sort of putting more pressure on china to take a listen oh yes. it's kind of engagement we've been pursuing has not brought the kind of change inside of china the president nixon had hoped to induce. the truth is that our policies and those of other free nations resurrected china's failing economy only to see beijing bite the international hands that were feeding it we open our arms to chinese citizens

do you see this as being more than a tit-for-tat retaliation?on a tacticical level, its a tit-for-tat retaliation, but in the largerr picture, it is a realal tragedy. this relationshihip in western china has been built over 35 years since president george bush opened it up in 1985. withthin a couple e of dayays, e tornrn that relalationship apar. and it will affect the people, american tiny peopople, as wells a governments. the chinese people in chengdu have a reason to be sad because they get services from that consulate in the form of visas to go to the u.s., cultural programs, people t to people exchanges. the american community in chengdu loses because they get american citizen services. china wants those services because they want to attract american business. governments lose because, through konta lens and embassieies, they are the placee where the state to state negotiations go on for ministries and capitals. but the consulates are rerelationship i is really build promoteded. and i think china has made e a miststake here because, china g

and china, tit-for-tat, china now ordering the u.s.o close a consulate in a chinese city after the u.s. or to china to close its consulate in houston, texas. meantime, covid-19 cases continuing to rise with 4 million reported across america. but today, the u.s. centers for disease control that is -- control is advising schools to open, after originally highlighting the risks. it added up to another down day for stocks. joining us, abigail doolittle. abigail: a lot to digest, and you nailed all the issues. a big piece of it has to do with the big xl off, but the rising tensions with china have been

marines the lower the american flag to chengdu consulate in china the closure is the latest in a tit for tat political battle between washington and beijing it comes in just days after the shutdown of the chinese consulate houston amid allegations of as few notch and intellectual property fast also coming up on the show in an emotional ceremony the casket of john lewis across the bridge in selma alabama where his journey from civil rights protester to congress that began 55 years ago. the coronavirus his north korea leader kim jong un calls an emergency meeting after a person to show symptoms of a culture at night the isolated country has so far claimed that you have avoided the pandemic. and you could supersensitive noses health purpose spread of the corona virus we take a look at a program of training sniffer dogs to identify infections even before symptoms appear. i'm clay richardson thanks for joining us the american flag has been taken down at a u.s. consulate in southwestern china police have closed off the surrounding area in the city of chengdu as u.s. officials vacate the premises.

china has ordered the united states to close its consulate in the western city of chengdu the tit for tat move comes after washington told beijing to shut its consulate in houston texas earlier this week further escalating tensions between the 2 nations. and journalist bolling r. is standing by for us with the view from beijing mathias what more can you tell us . that's pretty much what we know china has ordered the closure of the consulate in chengdu this is one of 5 consulates the u.s. has in the chinese mainland and this was expected 2 days ago the u.s. surprised china by ordering the closure of the consulate in houston and this is now the response that china has 2 days later for its part the united states says that that was due to concerns regarding intellectual property that a close that consulate china has promised retaliation since earlier in the week why did it choose the consulate in chengdu specifically. seems to be the most reciprocal move that they can could take chengdu is covering a big vast region in western china it's an important populous part of china however it is not w

turn out the lights as they're trying to consulate in china the closure is the latest in a tit for tat political battle between washington and beijing becomes a just days after the shutdown of the chinese consulate in houston and it allegations at espionage and intellectual property theft also coming up on the show in an emotional ceremony in the casket of john lewis crosses the bridge in selma alabama where his journey from civil rights protester to congressman began 55 years ago. a corona virus outbreak at another food production facility in germany it's just the latest infection cluster of its kind in the country raising questions about the safety of work and living conditions for migrant laborers. and of the coronavirus the hits north korea leader kim jong un calls an emergency meeting after a person shows symptoms of covert 19 killed and isolated country has so far claimed to have avoided the pandemic. i'm clay richardson thanks for joining us the american flag has been taken down at the u.s. consulate in southwestern china police have closed off the surrounding area in the city o

well china has ordered the united states to close one of its consulates in a tit for tat move the foreign ministry has given u.s. officials 72 hours to leave the consulate in the southwestern city of chengdu it comes after washington told beijing to shut its diplomatic mission in houston texas earlier this week on tuesday the u.s. accused 2 chinese nationals of attempting to steal covert 19 vaccine research relations between the powers are at their lowest in 40 years a ts bolinger is standing by for us with a view from beijing that is what war can you tell us. that's pretty much what we know china has ordered the closure of the consulate in chengdu this is one of 5 consulates the u.s. has in the chinese mainland and this was expected 2 days ago the u.s. surprised china by ordering the closure of the consulate in houston and this is now the response that china has 2 days later for its part the united states says that that was due to concerns regarding intellectual property that a close that consulate china has promised retaliation since earlier in the week why did to choose the consulate i

was forced to close its consulate in changed to a tit for tat response following the shutdown of the chinese mission in houston last week we'll speak to a former u.s. diplomat tonight who was stationed in. also coming up to. the farm in southern germany 170 mine field workers have tested positive for cope with 19 our field workers risking their lives to put vegetables on our tables. bring it off it's good to have you with us u.s. marines have lowered the american flag and u.s. diplomatic staff have left their consulate in the southwestern chinese city of chengdu beijing ordered the closure in retaliation for washington's shutting down of the chinese consulate in houston last week u.s. secretary of state my pump called the facility a center for spy. once the us consulate this building now stands empty. onlookers gathered to catch a glimpse of the americans leaving some celebrating their departure. but long live the chinese people sheilds one man the closure of this consulate in chengdu was no surprise it followed the shattering of the chinese consulate in houston texas by the u.s. gov

was forced to close its consulate in the chinese city of chengdu a tit for tat response following the shutdown of the chinese mission in houston last week we'll speak to a former u.s. diplomat who was stationed in. and the outbreak on the farm in southern germany 170 migrant field workers tested positive for coke at night seen our field workers risking their lives to put vegetables on our tables. i'm burnt off to our viewers watching on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we start tonight with a solemn tribute to a sin. all rights pioneer wall makers friends and family have been on the late congressman john lewis inside the u.s. capitol building and invitation only ceremony has been held on or mr lewis inside the rotunda of the capitol he is the 1st african-american congressman to live there in state rep lewis was widely admired for his champion of civil rights and human rights he died of cancer earlier this month at the age of 80. and following the event for his in washington d.c. is our washington bureau chief in this poll good evening to you it is c. it is

does he think the tit for tat closures are over?gn ministry spokesperson has said that really all of these latest fights, especially over the closure of the consulate, is coming from the us site and have said they have called on washington to try and do something to normalise relations between the two. they have said that washington has over hyped these allegations of spying because that is one of the reasons the state department is given for closing this huston consulate, saying it basically was a base for chinese spying in the united states. however, at the press briefing today, a lot of time went into discussing whether or not it is right to enter one of these buildings after they have been vacated. what happened on friday was that after the chinese diplomats left the huston consulate, they locked it up. us officers broke in then to the former chinese consulate. according to the chinese government, this is a breach of the vienna convention. on the other hand, this morning when the us diplomats left chengdu, they left the door wid

. >> so tit for tat there. you know, from the people you have spoken to, in china there, how do you -- how do they feel about this decision? is anti-american sentiment growing there? >> reporter: i wanted to get that full observation and kind of that's why i had that walk through the area. and it is very interesting to

largest economies have sunk to their lowest levels in decades the us is warning china against it for tat retaliation after beijing ordered the american consulates in the city of chengdu to be shut down that order was in direct response to the closer of china's consulate in houston the trumpet ministration says it was part of a massive spy network but the super powers are clashing on a range of other issues including donald trump's accusation that china is responsible for the coronavirus pandemic the white house has also been a furious critic of the new security law in hong kong along with china's territorial claims in the south china sea how does a pastor of joining us from maryland so there's been a number for us in recent days is the white house pressure is beijing heidi. that's that's right and the 4th of those arrests woman by the name of time john she was just in federal court in california she had been hiding within the chinese consulate in san francisco after having been questioned by f.b.i. agents and what the u.s. is accusing her of is they say she is secretly a member of the ch

-- tit for tat retaliations. said that the pandemic would get worse before it gets better. he canceled most of the convention, the florida part yesterday. all of things were bad two months ago. and the science on masking has been clear for months. what changed this week? >> there has been no change. the president said, before there was a recommended but not required guidance given by the cdc on mask wearing, the president said if you want to wear a mask, wear a mask. that was when scientists, some of them were saying don't wear masks. the president has been consistent on this. he wore a mask at the ford facility. he carries it in his pocket. he hasn't changed. speaking on covid, generally, the way i have heard him talk is the way he is talking out here. the only thing that changed is the president taking dozens of your questions each day because he felt the best way to get information to the people was for him to answer your questions and providing this directly. reporter: part of the question isn't just about ma

the crisis trump and chinese president xi jinping have imposed steep tariffs in a series of tit for tat measures the 2 have since managed to move ahead with a so-called phase one trade deal but negotiations are now stalled and then those highway the chinese tech giants been severely restricted in the key u.s. market and the u.s. is convinced other countries dubonnet to the united states also wants to extradite one of hallways top executives from canada. well i know it's high and advises the chinese government on political and economic affairs and he says trump is manufacturing a crisis to boost his chances of re-election. at this point there is a scowl chillis going on in people's mind that donald trump has about 3 more months as an act president and then 3 months when hopefully he will step down from the presidency no one's really sure about that from the chinese perspective they understand that this is all about reelection and that donald trump is trying to push their buttons trying to manufacture an incident so that he can then claim that if you don't vote for him you're not patrioti

given the fact that the united states has released a statement with regard to these sort of tit for tat closures of consulates in both houston and in chengdu the statement coming out of the national security council that these actions of by the united states in texas were to protect american intellectual property americans private information urging the chinese communist party to cease its malign actions rather than engage in tit for tat retaliation but of course the united states seeing china's actions as doing just that and we should point out very quickly that the press secretary here at the white house kelly mcinerney set to conduct her briefing watching very carefully to see what more of the united states may have to say about this case indeed a war of words ranging from technology to coronavirus i should say not to play missy and. you know if this is closing down will wonder what the long term game is because at the end of the eighty's the 2 superpowers they need to talk to each other they trade with each other and they have to move forward quickly agree on a lot of things besides

. >>> a tit for tat with china that's ka lates with american diplomats ousted from an embassy this morning >>> an indiana police officer offers his time and money to help a 12-year-old run a lemonade stand "early today" starts right now >> good morning. >> after taking only 16 days for coronavirus to jump from 3 million to 4 million, a jump that once took months, the outbreak reaches a critical stage with 4.2 million americans infected california and florida have surpassed new york now in california, there are over 450,000 cases. while florida struggles as cases stop 423,000 and texas was hit with a one-two punch dealing with covid and a hurricane. >> reporter: this morning. the state of florida is in a state of crisis. it just topped new york for the second most number of coronavirus cases in the country. and that as hurricane season is underway right now something florida is waiting for and texas is experiencing right now, a double whammy in texas, the season's first hurricane, leaving flooding and fear in its wake, as texans cope with the coronavirus crisis. >> we know this is a whole w

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richard: we have had the tit-for-tat. we closed houston. they closed chengdu.he most dangerous thing for the next few months would be an incident in something like the south china sea. china has unilateral claims. we do not accept the maritime claims. we are sending ships to the region. the idea that you could have some type of military incident that could then potentially end of -- potentially escalate don't think is out of the question. then the question is, do these two countries have the ability to manage it? do they have the desire to manage it? to me, that is the greatest near-term danger. lisa: do you buy that the phase one trade deal is still on? richard: well, it is on in paper. it has never been close to being able meant to. to some extent ash being implemented. to some extent -- being implement it. due to extent, that is the coronavirus. if president trump were reelected, my guess is he would see a winding down of this hostility. there would be a desire for some type of deal that would increase u.s. exports to china. that has been the centerpiece of

how does tit for tat and -- tit for tat end? kevin: you've got secretary as theyraising the u.k.re closing the consulate in texas. you and i have talked about this before, whether it is the secretary of state traveling and orising higher education telecommunications in the private sector, trying to rally support across the seas to form an international coalition and a network to combat china's aggressive stance on 5g networks, or yesterday john demers, previously of boeing, announcing the indictment of two alleged chinese hackers who try to access covid-19 research in the united states and around the world. this is without question an escalation of u.s. foreign policy against china. i got to be candid, i think eli lake, that wrote a column about this on the bloomberg a couple of weeks ago, was spot on about how the change in u.s. policy, not just the trump administration, but democrats and republicans alike, really re-crafting how they deal with beijing. tom: what is the distinction between democrat and republican responses to tit for tat on consulate closings? kevin: alliances.

the tit for tat diplomatic route marks an escalation in the tensions between the 2 superpowers over a range of issues including trade the coronavirus. correspondent. is standing by for us in trying to materialize how was disclosure been received where you are. here i am in front of this consulate over there next to the black gate you can see this sign that said consulate of the united states covered by by wouldn't panels and a lot of people are here they came out today as they have done in the past 2 days to have a look at this historic moment some people where i outright triumphant are joyous they said they were happy for the u.s. to go others were sad that it had come to the data point and many just with curious they said that something historical was happening in their city and they wanted to have a look at it but here's the whole important was the trying to consulate to the united states's diplomatic presence in china the u.s. consulate was probably one in there somewhere in the middle of the importance the u.s. have 5 consulates in mainland china and one from hong kong and macau

choosing and anything that would be seen as a move that further escalate it's pretty much a tit for tat something that is reciprocal but this whole escalation around these consulates beginning with the closure in lucent is for sure an escalation the u.s. china relationship is the worst in these 40 years since nixon. established ties with the with the people's republic of china and it is obviously. there's obviously room for a degradation off the relations we will have to see what's going to happen next but look we're hearing from washington is does not look like we were going to see a betterment in any way of these relations in the near future china is probably trying to go to wait this out until the u.s. elections and then have a new start over with either. to 2nd trump or with the president by. spending a reporting from beijing good to talk to you and german authorities are offering incoming travelers free coronavirus testing immediate testing will be available for those coming from coded 1000 hotspots people traveling from lower risk areas will also be offered tests but at laboratori

tit for tat. chinese communist party in a no holds barred speech. we are calling it a new cold war. >>> meanwhile, the markets, well, they are taking notice. the

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china, and it tit—for—tat move ordered the closure of the us consulate in chengdu.cious slander, and i clues deck and accused members of the trump administration of trying to stoke conflict with beijing. translation: their purpose is to smear and suppress china, divert attention of american public. the tricks of these us politicians will not fool american people and the international community. whilst relations between the two leaders have always seemed cordial, diplomatic tensions between the us and china have escalated dramatically in recent months, not least over the coronavirus pandemic. the economic impact of which has prompted policy changes on both sides. there is a level of insecurity in china's leadership that has led them to become more reactive, more escalator, and also more risk accepting with other countries foreign policy. a lot to do here not with president trump, although the election is coming up, but also to do with what is going on in beijing. how much of this comes down to an ideological clash with president trump's america first nationalism, and

beijing china ts why does china want this consulate in chengdu specifically closed down it's a tit for tat move and the chinese have chosen a consulate that it that that is about the same importance to the american diplomatic mission as it used to was to the chinese it covers a big and important and populous region but it is not where most of the u.s. is assets for example and operations of u.s. companies are concentrated if if china had chosen to close a consulate in shanghai or one joe this might have been something some further escalation that would have been more equivalent to maybe san francisco or new york on the chinese consulates so they choose a consulate in its operation is a bit similar it is but it has also a political pawn chandu is the consulate that is furthest in the west it is the consulates where the u.s. have contact to achieve bet and to singe on 2 of the most sense sensitive. problems in the in the u.s. china relations so there is also a political message attached to that how serious is this for relations between beijing and washington. well this move was expected chin

fishing in a tit for tat retaliation. both of those protesters burned turkish flags in the greek city of saloniki outraged by turkey's decision to turn. back into a mosque. barbaric and on civilized turning points of fear. this is not right from turkey it's because they have the year churches to create a theory that. the u.s. ban on the fiction the pandemic expires despite a soaring infection rate. looking at just about. families in households many the 1st time there has been. in terms of how we will the. courts open back up. for good morning to please that you can join us here on the internet. first this hour the feud between the world's 2 largest economies china and the united states is ratcheting up in a cold war style standoff less than an hour after chinese officials left their consulate in houston following to close that facility. american or thirties and officials were seen forcibly entering the building where it was cordoned off and a group of men were spotted trying to break into the facilities in tools before th

are getting deeper into tit-for-tat actions, after the american consulate in chengdu was shut down.ers have been held at in thel's hagia sophia first time for more than 80 years. the coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the airline industry. now there are fears that planes, which have been idle during the crisis, have been corroding to a dangerous extent. the american civil aviation authority is warning that urgent checks are needed on one of the world's most popular jets, which could suffer engine failure. reporter: as passengers tentatively take to the skies again, airlines still reeling from the pandemic, face a new challenge. america's federal aviation administration has issued an emergency warning ordering all operators of the boeing 737 ng, classic, to expect a key engine part after reports of sudden engine shutdowns. the faa said it was issuing the urgent directive to address , checkon of the engine valves for both engines, which could result in compressor stalls and dual engine power loss, without the ability to restart, which could result in a forced off-air

that those have been wiped out we've seen that increasingly and number of measures and also tit for tat actions between the united states and china essentially their relations continuing the downward spiral the latest we understand as you reported is that reporting that has come out that the administration has under further consideration a plan to potentially band member band members of the chinese communist party how we understand this would be done is through presidential order similar to what we saw in 2017 where the u.s. president put in place a travel ban for some muslim majority countries essentially the argument being that they're not compliant in terms of security measures until those standards are met there would be a bad but this would apply to millions of chinese officials and their families and of course this in addition to being a very broad and sweeping order which would even have potential economic impacts there is also the concern for retaliation some sort of tit for tat measure by china we could tell you already just on news of this the foreign ministry has called the p

have potential economic impacts there is also the concern for retaliation and some sort of tit for tat measure by china we could tell you already just on news of this the foreign ministry has called the plan pathetic. the leaders of serbia and kosovo have been to talks for the 1st time in nearly 2 years european union officials of praise the 2 countries for resuming talks aimed at easing tensions serbia has refused to recognize kosovo sovereignty since it declared independence in 2008. georgiades there with me so raman a reminder of our top news stories the u.k. the u.s. and canada have accused russian cyber spies of trying to steal coronavirus vaccine research they say the hackers are linked to russian intelligence services moscow denies the accusations we're not entirely sure but it feels in any event as if it's being done for their own purposes whether it's commercial or otherwise in any event as i said given the order to try to come together to find a vaccine for in people's bridge people here in the u.k. but also for people around the world i'm afraid it's a pretty egregious behav

china in a tit—for—tat move ordered the closure of the us consulate in chengdu.gation of spying on the part of staff in the houston consulate malicious slander and accuse members of the trump administration of deliberately seeking to stoke conflict with beijing. translation: their purpose is to smear and suppress china, divert the attention of the american public and see gains in us domestic politics. the tricks of these us politicians were not for the american people and the international community. whilst relations between the two leaders have always seemed cordial, diplomatic tensions between the us and china have escalated dramatically in recent months not least over the coronavirus pandemic. the economic impact of which has prompted policy changes on both sides. i think there is a level of insecurity in china's own leadership that has led them to become more reactive, more ethical tory and also more risk acceptance when it comes to other countries in foreign policy around the world. a lot has to do here not so much with president trump though the us have ele

a tit for tat response following the shutdown of the chinese mission in houston last week we'll speak to a former u.s. diplomat tonight.

communist party to seize these the line actions rather than engaging in tit for tat retaliation which the united states allege ledges is exactly what china has done complete does seem very interior at the moment what the endgame is here because the road ahead still requires china and the us to talk to each of them on several levels on a range of subjects that some of them they do or don't agree on but they still need to talk to each other hard to see how that's going to happen right at this moment in time. the united states says that they were trying to talk and it was china that made the decision not to be reciprocal in terms of the diplomatic relationship according to these white house officials that had a conference call with reporters this morning they said that they urged china to stop what they again call the line activities is that they met in new york city just last month they met with chinese officials again in hawaii prior to that they begged them essentially to look cease your behaviors we're not getting the mutual reciprocity that we expect of our diplomats but they say th

trade war now a tit for tat diplomatic ward seems what's the sense from beijing it seems they're not really trying to avoid escalation here. no that's right we expected that they were going to close a u.s. consulate we just weren't sure which one it was going to be there was some mumbles that it could have been where we are which is a smaller consulate but they've gone with the consulate in chengdu which isn't the southwest of china which is a more important point to it which services a few provinces in that region in china they've released quite a lengthy statement saying that this move to close this consulate the u.s. consulate there is in direct response to washington's decision to close the chinese consulate in texas in houston on july the 21st they say that this move was in violation of international relations violation of principles of international wall that it also was in violation of the u.s. china consular convention and gravely harmed u.s. china relations and simply for china it says and i quote it was a legitimate and necessary response to this unjustified act by the u.s.

theft while we can now speak truck correspondent katrina you she joins us live from katrina a tit for tat trade off a tit for tat diplomatic war it really seems quite the die lemma for beijing having to respond while risking even more global isolation at this stage. that's right but the way beijing saw it it had to respond to what it's called an unjustified act from the u.s. they've made no qualms about this this is in direct response to the u.s. decision to close the chinese consulate in houston texas on july the 21st a move which the foreign ministry here has repeatedly called a violation of international law international principles a violation of the agreement the consular agreement between china and the us and move which severely damages the bilateral relationship china has also said that it does not want to see this current situation but it puts the entire responsibility at the foot of washington saying it's also up to washington to now act to either withdraw its move to close the chinese consulate in texas or to create conditions from which this bilateral relationship can improve n