China withdrew from the Chinese Consulate General in Houston, USA.

The Chinese consulate has withdrawn its employees and closed the consulate on Tuesday (the local time).

The Chinese consulate said the white car of the generation on which the employees boarded had been pulled out, and the two had diplomatic license plates, the newspaper said.

Later, American officials took over the consulate.

When the State Department officials failed to open the consulate door, they forcibly opened the back door at 4:40 pm and entered the consulate.

The Houston police barricaded the consulate ahead of the eviction deadline and closed the nearby streets.

The Chinese side reacted strongly against the US entry into the Houston Consulate.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China said on the website on the 25th that "the Chinese Consulate General in Houston is a diplomatic consulate and the national property of China." "I said.

"China has already raised strict bargaining with strong dissatisfaction and resolute opposition to the United States forcing its entry into the Chinese consulate office in Houston," he said.

On the 21st, the United States pointed to the Chinese consulate in Houston as the base for spying and theft of intellectual property rights and demanded that it be closed within 72 hours.

On the 24th, the Chinese side informed the US consulate in Chengdu to close.

(yunhap news)