24 hours before the closure of US consulate in Chengdu
By Global Times, Published: 2020-07-26 22:32:04
A staff member of the US consulate in Chengdu is seen checking the US emblem of a diplomatic mission at the consulate’s gate Sunday afternoon. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Editor's Note:
Staff of the US consulate in Chengdu were busy packing on Sunday, a day before the deadline given by the Chinese authorities to shut the consulate in retaliation for the closure of Chinese consulate in Houston. Photos: Cui Meng/GT

A worker sweeps the road in front of the US consulate in Chengdu Sunday afternoon. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
A staff member of the US consulate in Chengdu is seen checking the US emblem of a diplomatic mission at the consulate’s gate Sunday afternoon. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
A resident who lives opposite the US consulate in Chengdu hung a Chinese national flag from his balcony on Sunday afternoon, and shouted “long live China!” Photo: Cui Meng/GT
A staff member of the US consulate in Chengdu is seen inside the compound on Sunday afternoon. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
A staff member of the US consulate in Chengdu is seen inside the compound with large moving boxes in the background on Sunday afternoon. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
A staff member of the US consulate in Chengdu is seen examining the building’s door on Sunday afternoon. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Security personnel at the US consulate in Chengdu peer through a window of the compound’s gate on Sunday. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Security personnel at the US consulate in Chengdu looked out through the window on Sunday. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
A mid-size bus with blacked-out windows pulls out of the US consulate in Chengdu on Sunday. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
A worker removes the US emblem for a diplomatic mission at the entrance of US consulate in Chengdu on Sunday evening. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
A worker removes the US emblem for a diplomatic mission at the entrance of US consulate in Chengdu on Sunday evening. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
A crane was used to hoist ship containers on to flatbed trucks at the US consulate in Chengdu at around midnight Sunday. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
A crane was used to hoist ship containers on to flatbed trucks at the US consulate in Chengdu at around midnight Sunday. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Trucks loaded with containers leave the US consulate in Chengdu on Sunday night. Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Photo: Cui Meng/GT
Local residents are gathering in front of the main entrance and watching the move of the consulate. Photo: Cui Meng/GT