US feds enter empty Chinese consulate in Houston

(ANSA) - ROME, JULY 25 - American federal agents and local police have entered the Chinese consulate in Houston closed by the American authorities on charges of espionage activities, released yesterday by Chinese diplomats after burning documents. A series of black SUVs, trucks, two white blacksmith vans entered the property, while a crowd of observers and cameras watched the scene. The CNN reports it.
    Meanwhile, employees of the American consulate in Chengdu, China, which was in turn closed by the Beijing authorities, also began preparing to move after having lowered the US flag from the building, writes the AFP. (HANDLE).