Chinese Urge Trump Administration to Bring US-China Relations ‘Back on Track’

American personnel “vacated” the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, China, and the compound was closed Monday, confirmed a Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson. China ordered it closed in retaliation for the Trump administration’s shutdown of the Chinese consulate in Houston on espionage and intellectual property theft allegations. China urges the U.S. to “create necessary conditions for bringing the bilateral relationship back on track,” said the spokesperson.