Tensions between the US and China are escalating

A view of Chinese flag flying at the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China on Manhattan’s West Side, in New York, NY, July 30, 2020. Diplomatic relations between the United States and China have reached a low point as the U.S. ordered the shutdown of the Chinese Consulate in Houston on July 23, accused by the Trump administration of economic espionage and stealing scientific research; in a retaliatory move, the Beijing government ordered the closing of the U.S. consulate in Chendgu