On July 22, Consul General CAI Wei took a joint interview with ABC13 and International Focus.

CG CAI said, on July 21, the US abruptly demanded that the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Houston cease all operations and events within a time limit. It is a political provocation unilaterally launched by the US side, which seriously violates international law, basic norms governing international relations and the bilateral consular agreement between China and the US. China strongly condemns and firmly opposes such an outrageous and unjustified move which sabotages China-US relations. We urge the US side to immediately revoke this erroneous decision. Otherwise, China will have to respond with legitimate and necessary actions.

CG CAI stressed that the past 40 years of interactions between China and US have clearly shown that both sides stand to gain from cooperation and lose from confrontation. As State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s remarked at the China-US Think Tanks Media Forum recently, China has maintained a highly stable and consistent policy toward the US, and is willing to grow China-US relations with goodwill and sincerity. We hope the US side to work in the same direction with us to advance China-US relations based on coordination, cooperation and stability.

CG CAI also refuted numerous lies about the Consulate General from the US side, saying that repeating a lie for thousands of times doesn’t make it truth. Some US politicians lied for the so-called “political correctness”, while ignoring people’s lives and well-being. In the end, they will harm others as well as themselves. We advise those US politicians to stop playing their tricks as soon as possible!