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Houston fire and police responding to reports of documents being burned at Consulate General of China
Houston police and fire officials are responding to reports that documents are being burned at the Consulate General of China in Houston.
Houston police and fire officials are responding to reports that documents are being burned at the Consulate General of China in Houston. (KPRC)
HOUSTON – Houston police and fire officials are responding to reports that documents are being burned in the courtyard of the Consulate General of China in Houston, according to the Houston Police Department.
Houston police say they began receiving the reports that documents were being burned just after 8 p.m. at 3417 Montrose Boulevard where the Consulate General of China is located.
Houston fire officials confirmed they are responding to the scene and HPD officials were needed for traffic control in the area.
A small amount of smoke could be seen and smelled from outside. Dozens of Houston first responders are at the scene.
.@HoustonFire and @houstonpolice are responding to reports of documents being burned at the Consulate General of China on 3417 Montrose Boulevard. Here's what the scene looks like there right now. pic.twitter.com/grUHhqmUz4
— KPRC2Tulsi (@KPRC2Tulsi) July 22, 2020
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US orders China to close Houston consulate amid swirling accusations of espionage, theft

Houston police and fire officials are responding to reports that documents are being burned in the courtyard of the Consulate General of China in Houston, according to the Houston Police Department.
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onetimer

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Someone posted that the Chinese consulate is being evicted and they all have to be out by Friday at 4PM.
Evicted is an odd term to use. Need to find more to this claim.
If they are leaving then the burning makes sense.
If not then WTF
 
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TheSearcher said:
Where did you see this?
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www.khou.com

Reports of documents burned at Chinese Consulate ahead of Friday's eviction

A source told KHOU 11 the consulate is being evicted by 4 p.m. Friday.
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HOUSTON — Firefighters on Tuesday evening responded to the Chinese Consulate in the Montrose area where someone was reportedly burning classified documents.

A source told KHOU 11 the consulate is being evicted by 4 p.m. Friday.

Neighbors called 911 and told officials they saw someone burning documents in the courtyard, but when firefighters arrived, they weren’t allowed on the property.

The fire is now out.

This is a developing story that will be updated with more details as they become available.
 
TheSearcher

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Burrito said:
www.khou.com

Reports of documents burned at Chinese Consulate ahead of Friday's eviction

A source told KHOU 11 the consulate is being evicted by 4 p.m. Friday.
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HOUSTON — Firefighters on Tuesday evening responded to the Chinese Consulate in the Montrose area where someone was reportedly burning classified documents.

A source told KHOU 11 the consulate is being evicted by 4 p.m. Friday.

Neighbors called 911 and told officials they saw someone burning documents in the courtyard, but when firefighters arrived, they weren’t allowed on the property.

The fire is now out.

This is a developing story that will be updated with more details as they become available.
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Thank you!
 
onetimer

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Dennis Olson said:
This will be related to the attempted theft of Covid research.

Trump needs to PNG (kick out) every last ChiCom operative in the Houston consulate.
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This^
Edit: Not a video watcher but I did finally watch the Fox26 video and yes HPD says they have to be out Friday by 4. This is big
 
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onetimer

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Oreally said:
if the is another bonfire at another consulate or their embassy in DC is is GAME ON....within days!
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The people's Republic of China currently maintains one Embassy in Washington D.C., but also maintains 5 consulates-general in the following U.S. cities: New York, NY; Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Houston, TX.

Embassy and Consulates General of the People's Republic of ...
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There is this.

www.houstonpublicmedia.org

Chinese Consulate In Houston Providing Services To Woman Arrested At Mar-A-Lago | Houston Public Media

Yujing Zhang is being held on charges of illegal entering and lying to U.S. agents.
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Chinese Consulate In Houston Providing Services To Woman Arrested At Mar-A-Lago
Yujing Zhang is being held on charges of illegal entering and lying to U.S. agents.

CHRISTOPHER BODEEN (ASSOCIATED PRESS) / YANAN WANG (ASSOCIATED PRESS) | POSTED ONAPRIL 4, 2019, 4:32 PM
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A view of Mar-a-Lago on March 22, 2019, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Chinese diplomats have been informed of the arrest of a Chinese woman at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club over the weekend and are providing her with consular services, the Foreign Ministry said Thursday.

Spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters that the Chinese Consulate General in Houston had been notified of the March 30 arrest, had gotten in touch with the person involved and was providing her with consular assistance. Geng gave no details.

Yujing Zhang is being held on charges of illegal entering and lying to U.S. agents.

Court documents allege 32-year-old Zhang told a Secret Service agent Saturday she was a Mar-a-Lago member there to use the pool. Agents were later summoned and they say Zhang began arguing during an interview.

Agent Samuel Ivanovich wrote in court documents that Zhang told him that she was there for a Chinese American event and had come early to familiarize herself with the club and take photos, contradicting what she had said at the checkpoint. He said Zhang said she had traveled from Shanghai to attend the nonexistent Mar-a-Lago event on the invitation of an acquaintance named “Charles,” whom she only knew through a Chinese social media app.
Ivanovich said Zhang carried four cellphones, a laptop computer, an external hard drive and a thumb drive containing computer malware. She did not have a swimsuit.

There is no indication Zhang was ever near the president or that she personally knew Cindy Yang, a Chinese native, Republican donor and former Florida massage parlor owner who made news recently after it was learned she was promising Chinese business leaders that her consulting firm could get them access to Mar-a-Lago, where they could mingle with the president.

A man named Charles Lee ran the United Nations Chinese Friendship Association and was photographed at least twice with Yang, who also goes by the name Yang Li. Yang previously owned a spa where New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft was charged with soliciting prostitution.

Archived images of the United Nations Chinese Friendship Association’s website, which has since been taken down, show that the organization advertised itself as a non-profit registered with the U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. A page of “registration documents” purports to show certificates from the States of Delaware and New York, as well as a screenshot of a listing on the U.N.’s official website.

But a search Thursday for the association on the U.N.’s database did not turn up any results.

The United Nations Chinese Friendship Association’s website also shows Lee in photos with several government officials of various countries, including Trump, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, as well as officials from China, Canada, Turkey and South Korea. It is not clear whether any of the photos have been digitally altered.
While no espionage charges have been filed against Zhang, her arrest has reignited concerns especially among Democrats that Trump’s use of the club constitutes a security risk as long as members and guests are allowed to come in and out while he is there.

Zhang’s arrest attracted comments from Chinese internet users on the popular Weibo microblogging service, many of whom portrayed her as having been tricked by those seeking to exploit her desire for attention and connections.
The Communist Party newspaper Global Times, known for its strident nationalism, ran a lengthy report on the Zhang and Yang cases, accusing the U.S. media of hyping them as examples of Chinese “Trojan horses” entering Mar-a-Lago out of an excess of “Cold War thinking.”
 
jward

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Dennis Olson said:
This will be related to the attempted theft of Covid research.

Trump needs to PNG (kick out) every last ChiCom operative in the Houston consulate.
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Yes, it was 10-12 hours after the US charged 2 Chinese with stealing trade secrets, and hacking
into computer systems working on covid19 research.

Also only hours after Secretary of Defense confirmed the US was undertaking movements to prepare
for a potential confrontation with China. . .
 
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ESFP adrift in INTJ sea
East Wind Rain, East Wind Rain or West Wind Sun West Wind Sun...

Which is it going to be??

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In case your Common Core History class left out this tidbit, Dec 6, 1941 there were 2 potential weather reports to be sent to the Japanese Consulates and Embassy.
West Wind Sun was for peace.

East Wind Rain meant that the attack was on for the next day.
 
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Futures retreat as Sino-U.S. relations sour
Medha Singh
July 22, 2020 / 6:45 AM / Updated 44 minutes ago

(Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures fell on Wednesday as investors shunned risky assets after Washington ordered a shutdown of the Chinese consulate in Houston, escalating tensions between the world’s two largest economies.

In response, China is considering the closure of U.S. consulate in Wuhan, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.

The news comes after three straight sessions of gains for the S&P 500, driven by optimism about an eventual coronavirus vaccine, further fiscal support for the pandemic-hit economy and a batch of positive second-quarter reports.

The benchmark index is less than 4% below its record closing high hit in February.

As the second-quarter earnings season continues, investors are looking for clues to gauge how long it would take for companies to emerge from the economic damage due to the pandemic.

United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL.O) warned travel demand would remain suppressed until there was a widely accepted treatment or vaccine for COVID-19, which plunged the carrier to a deep quarterly loss. Its shares fell 0.1% in premarket trading.

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd (CHKP.O) rose 0.4% after reporting a better-than-expected quarterly net profit, boosted by increased demand for network security as more people work remotely.

Investors will also keep an eye out for quarterly results from Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) after markets close
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At 6:18 a.m. ET, Dow e-minis 1YMcv1 were down 142 points, or 0.53%. S&P 500 e-minis EScv1 were down 14.75 points, or 0.45% and Nasdaq 100 e-minis NQcv1 were down 3.25 points, or 0.03%.

Snap Inc (SNAP.N) declined 8.3% as it said a bump in user growth at the start of coronavirus-induced lockdowns petered out sooner than expected, and it forecast fewer current-quarter users than the Wall Street consensus.

President Donald Trump, in a shift in rhetoric and tone, encouraged Americans on Tuesday to wear masks and warned the coronavirus pandemic would get worse before it got better in his first press briefing in months focused on the outbreak.

The United States reported 1,000 deaths from the disease on Tuesday, surpassing the grim milestone for the first time since June 10
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Reporting by Medha Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Shounak Dasgupta

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Oreally

Right from the start
So they're "only" burning papers because the State Dept ordered the consulate closed .
Whew

www.wsj.com

U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate

The U.S. ordered China to shut its consulate in Houston, with officials accusing it and other Chinese diplomatic missions of economic espionage and visa fraud, an unprecedented escalation in a rapidly deteriorating relationship.
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Not a five alarm alert, only three.
 
Illini Warrior

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the FEDs know and have been watching the spying and sabotage prepping out of the Chinese facilities - this Virus crap is just the excuse being used instead of having to really explain anything ....
 
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China Furious After US Abruptly Orders Closure Of Houston Consulate Sparking "Unprecedented Escalation"
by Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Wed, 07/22/2020 - 06:35

Following a suspicious document fire that necessitated a visit from the local police yesterday, Washington has turned the tensions with Beijing up to '11' by ordering the immediate closure of the Chinese consulate.

Apparently, the incident occurred just as the US was ordering the abrupt closure of China’s consulate in Houston, citing a need to protect American intellectual property and data. The decision, which rattled global equity markets, has been decried as a dramatic escalation in bilateral tensions as Beijing condemned the order as an outrageous violation of international law. Spokespeople for the Chinese government also slammed the decision as outrageous and unprecedented.
Washington’s order, which according to WSJ was issued just yesterday, marks an "unprecedented escalation" and "a political provocation unilaterally launched by the US," according to Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, who addressed the issue during his regular press briefing in Beijing.

"China urges the US to immediately rescind its erroneous decision, otherwise China will undertake legitimate and necessary responses."

Reuters is now reporting that China is considering closing the US consulate in Wuhan in retaliation. Though we suspect those diplomats wouldn't mind being stationed elsewhere.

Even Hu Xijin, the typically long-winded editor of the Global Times, could only manage a surprisingly brief "that's crazy".
State Department Spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus didn’t specify which specific actions, if any, inspired Washington’s decision, though she did say: "President Trump insists on fairness and reciprocity in U.S.-China relations."

"The United States will not tolerate the PRC’s violations of our sovereignty and intimidation of our people, just as we have not tolerated the PRC’s unfair trade practices, theft of American jobs and other egregious behavior."

Notably, the DoJ unveiled evidence of a massive hack of COVID-19-related research allegedly orchestrated by China.
So far, details from official sources are scant. However, it's probably worth remembering the scene from yesterday's 'document fire' incident: the Houston police and fire departments responded Tuesday night to a reported document fire at the Chinese Consulate. Footage taken from the building next door shows what appears to be barrels with burning material inside of them.

Seems like a totally normal and non-suspicious reaction to a closure order.

Stocks slumped during the Asian trading session; the offshore yuan also slumped against the greenback.

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The Foreign Ministry spokesman continued to hammer the US, saying China has always treated American diplomats 'with respect' (including monitoring their every move), while this isn't the first incident involving China's diplomatic personnel in the US.

"In contrast, the US put restrictions on Chinese diplomats in June and last October, respectively, with no valid reason. [The US] has seized and opened mail and official supplies," Wang said.

Back in December, Washington quietly expelled two Chinese diplomats suspected of espionage after they were caught driving to a sensitive military base in Virginia. But Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang rejected the claims when asked about them by reporters.

China's diplomats are widely regarded members of Chinese society, probably holding a higher status than American diplomats hold. State-controlled media has praised China's diplomats as "Wolf Warriors". Read more about that here.

The HPD said it began receiving reports just after 2000 local time warning about documents being burned at 3417 Montrose Boulevard, where the consulate is located.

The consulate holds a special significance. According to information available online, the consulate "was the first one to be established” in 1979 when the US and China official re-established diplomatic relations. The consulate's district covers eight southern US states, namely Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and an unincorporated territory, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

China Furious After US Abruptly Orders Closure Of Houston Consulate Sparking "Unprecedented Escalation"
 
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China threatens retaliation after US orders closure of Houston consulate

The State Department said the directive was issued 'to protect American intellectual property'

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China on Wednesday condemned what it called an “unprecedented escalation" by the United States and threatened to retaliate after it was ordered to close the Chinese consulate in Houston.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in a daily news briefing that the government had been told without warning Tuesday to close the consulate.

He said the consulate had been operating normally Tuesday and called the reported move an “unprecedented escalation," the South China Morning Post reported.

“China demands the U.S. revoke the wrong decision. If the U.S. went ahead, China would take necessary countermeasures,” Wang said.

In a statement sent to Fox News, State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus confirmed the directive and said it was issued "to protect American intellectual property and Americans' private information.”

The U.S. "will not tolerate the PRC’s violations of our sovereignty and intimidation of our people, just as we have not tolerated the PRC’s unfair trade practices, theft of American jobs, and other egregious behavior," she added. "President Trump insists on fairness and reciprocity in U.S.-China relations."

Documents were burned inside the consulate’s courtyard Tuesday evening, KPRC-TV in Houston reported.

"You could just smell the paper burning,” a witness told the station. “But, all the firefighters were just surrounding the building. They couldn’t go inside.”

"The US asked China to close Consulate General in Houston in 72 hours. This is a crazy move," Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times wrote on Twitter.

KPRC reported that the consulate was ordered to close by Friday along with a compound where many consulate employees live, citing police sources.

Beijing called the eviction a violation of international law, according to Reuters.

www.foxnews.com

China threatens retaliation after US orders closure of Houston consulate

China Wednesday condemned what it said was an unprovoked order by the United States to close the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas.
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night driver

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The thing IS, there are LOTS of precedents for this.

They are just squeeking for hometown consumption on this. Because THEY know the precedents as well as I do. One doesn't have to be THAT old to know them.
 
Countrymouse

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TheSearcher

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Are you sure about that?
night driver said:
The thing IS, there are LOTS of precedents for this.

They are just squeeking for hometown consumption on this. Because THEY know the precedents as well as I do. One doesn't have to be THAT old to know them.
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Yeah. I keep reading that the Chinese say that this is unprecedented, which is absolutely false. It's just that the precedent is not a nice one. Not nice at all.
 
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