The United States has asked China to close its Consulate General in Houston within 72 hours.
"We have directed the closure of PRC (People's Republic of China) Consulate General Houston, in order to protect American intellectual property and American's private information," State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus told reporters during Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to Danish capital Copenhagen.
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