China News Service, Beijing, July 27 (Reporter Liang Xiaohui) In response to the US slander, the closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston was due to “espionage”. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin pointed out at a regular press conference on the 27th. The statement is purely "if you want to add a crime, there is nothing wrong with it", and it is completely rumors and slanders.
A reporter asked questions. According to reports, on the 24th, senior officials of the US State Department, the Department of Justice and the intelligence department said in an interview that the Chinese Consulate in Houston has long been stealing trade secrets, engaging in illegal activities and even espionage, and the amount of related activities far exceeds that of the United States. Acceptable range. The US closed the Chinese Consulate General in Houston to crack down on related activities and deter other Chinese consulate personnel from engaging in similar activities. What's the comment from China?
Wang Wenbin pointed out that the statements made by the relevant US personnel have no factual basis and are entirely rumors and slanders.
He pointed out that the Chinese Consulate General in Houston was the first Chinese consulate opened in the United States after the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. For 41 years, the Consulate General in Stone has always been committed to promoting mutual understanding and exchanges and cooperation in various fields between China and the United States, and actively engaged in the promotion of Sino-US friendship, which has been fully recognized by all sectors of society in the southern United States. The local media in the United States believes that China is the second largest trading partner in the Houston region. The region has benefited a lot from the Chinese Consulate General in Houston. The Consulate General in Houston has become a bridge between Houston and China in tourism, trade and culture. Relevant US local officials also expressed that they were shocked by the US closing the Chinese Consulate General in Houston and hoped that the US and China would resolve their differences peacefully and restart the Consulate General in Houston.
"In the face of the above-mentioned facts, the relevant US accusations appear pale and feeble. They are purely'to add to the crime, so there is nothing wrong with it'." Wang Wenbin said, I believe everyone has seen that for a period of time, a small number of US anti-China politicians have acted for containing China. The motives of attempting and seeking personal gain have continuously made up remarks to discredit China, and have repeatedly escalated measures to provoke China. For example, it imposes unreasonable restrictions on the normal news reporting activities of Chinese media organizations and personnel in the United States, unreasonably creates difficulties, "expulses" a large number of Chinese media reporters in disguise, generalizes the concept of national security to suppress Chinese companies, and wantonly slanders and attacks the Chinese Communist Party and China's political system. Arbitrary interrogation, nuisance and even detention of Chinese students studying in the United States. The true intentions of the aforementioned anti-China politicians are clearly revealed, that is, to deliberately sabotage Sino-US relations and reverse history. These bad actions of the US have been criticized by more and more rational and just people.
Wang Wenbin introduced that on July 25, experts and scholars from 48 countries convened a meeting and issued a joint statement, pointing out that the US government’s words and deeds against China have become increasingly fierce. This poses a threat to world peace and any form of the new cold war will completely violate. The interests of mankind support the establishment of relations between China and the United States on the basis of mutual dialogue and are committed to human unity. (Finish)