re: U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate Over Espionage and Theft

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Getting rid of your sensitive and shady shite seems like standard operating procedure.

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Yeah I wouldn’t read too much into them destroying documents. Any country would do this to protect classified documents and cables, so that doesn’t necessarily mean those documents have anything to do with the IP theft in question.

That said, the fact that the we gave them 72 hours to GTFO is pretty interesting. Makes you wonder if there were some new intelligence revelations, or if it’s just a matter of finally coming to an impasse in behind-the-scenes negotiations.