Chengdu

alternative obsolete Chingtu · alternative obsolete Chingtoo · alternative obsolete Cingtu · alternative obsolete Tchingtou · alternative Ch'eng-tu · alternative Ch'êng-tu · alternative Chengtu

1. A subprovincial city, the provincial capital of Sichuan, in southwestern China.

   Millions were stuck at home in China's Chengdu on Friday after a handful of Covid-19 cases brought the megacity to a standstill.

   2022 September 2, “Millions locked down in China's Chengdu over Covid outbreak”, in France 24, sourced from Beijing (AFP), archived from the original on 02 Sep 2022, Live News

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   As the United States lashed out against the “new tyranny” of China, Beijing on Friday ordered the closure of the American consulate in Chengdu, a retaliatory move that threatens to drive the two powers into an even deeper divide. Beijing blamed the Trump administration for the deterioration in relations, calling its own action justified after Washington told China this week to shutter its consulate in Houston and accused its diplomats of acting illegally. A Chinese official, in turn, denounced American diplomats in Chengdu, a southwestern city, for interfering in China’s affairs.

   2020 July 24, Keith Bradsher, Steven Lee Myers, “China Orders U.S. to Shut Consulate in Chengdu, Retaliating for Houston”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Jul 2020, Asia Pacific