China closed the consulate in response to the US Government ordering the closure of China’s consulate in Houston. Last Friday, the US Government ordered the closure of China’s consulate in Houston. In 2015, Harry Harding, a leading China expert in the United States, lamented the poor state of the US-China relationship. Then, there is Trump’s trade war, which enjoys rare and deep bipartisan support in the United States Congress. And the course of the US-China relationship for the next few decades may very well be determined in the months to come.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 30, 2020 16:30 UTC