The U.S. Consulate in Chengdu officially closed on July 27 after Beijing ordered its shutdown in retaliation against Washington’s closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston.
At around 10:50 a.m. local time, the U.S. Embassy in China released a 40-second video on its official Weibo account, announcing its farewell to the U.S. Consulate in Chengdu. Minutes later, China’s state-run media Xinhua reported that Chinese authorities had entered the U.S. diplomatic compound and took over the facility at 10 a.m. local time.
