Images of security presence outside the US consulate building in Chengdu after it was ordered after Beijing ordered its closure in a tit-for-tat diplomatic battle with Washington. US-China relations spiralled this week when the Chengdu mission was told to shut in retaliation for the forced closure of Beijing's consulate in Houston, Texas, with both sides alleging the other had endangered national security.

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