China's mouthpiece digs up 'expert' from Pakistan to outrage over US closing its embassy

Chinese government's mouthpiece People's Daily on Thursday slammed United States' decision to close Beijing's Consulate General in Houston. Citing various "experts and scholars", newspaper said that move by Trump administration is a unilateral political provocation by United States, which seriously violates international law and basic rms of international relations, undermines Si-US relations, and is t conducive to world political stability and ecomic recovery.

In a Facebook post, People's daily quoted Hussein Ismail, a researcher at Political Academy of Egyptian News ncy saying that America's move is  "destruction of US-China's relations"

'A serious impact on world politics and ecomics'

Mher Sahakyan, founder and director of China-Eurasia Council for Political and Strategic Research in Armenia, said that United States’ approach will t help resolve any problems. "On contrary, it will furr aggravate tensions between two countries.  continued deterioration of US relations with China will have a serious impact on world politics and ecomy," he said. 

Communist Party's mouthpiece also a scholar from its 'all-wear' ally Pakistan who called America's decision "shocking" and said that it will make people "worry about where US will take world."

" US's sudden request for China to close its consulate in Houston completely violated diplomatic rms and Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and should be condemned," mouthpiece quoted Ali Sarwar Naqvi, executive director at Islamabad-based Center for International Strategic Studies in Pakistan as saying.

"Vladimir Wallia, an international relations expert at Ukrainian Institute of Political Science, believes that US is trying to use "Chinese card" to serve domestic politics. US pressure on China has caused dam to relations between two countries and also affected recovery of world ecomy," newspapers said.

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Furr angering China, Trump on Wednesday said that his administration does t rule out closing additional Chinese diplomatic missions in country. America's decision came hours after Houston police and firefighters descended on  Houston consulate following witness reports that papers were being burned outside in open containers, Houston Chronicle and two local TV stations reported, citing local police.

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'I wonder what that is all about'

"As far as closing additional embassies, it's always possible. We thought re was a fire in one we did close, I guess y were burning documents and papers. I wonder what that is all about," Trump said during a daily press briefing at White House when asked if he planned to close more Chinese diplomatic missions in country.

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Reacting strongly to US move, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin termed it as an "unprecedented escalation and warned retaliatory measures. "China demands US revoke wrong decision. If US went ahead, China would take necessary countermeasures, he warned. Wang also said Chinese embassy and consulates in US had received both explosives and death threats recently.

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