BEIJING/WASHINGTON - China has closed its consulate general in Houston as ordered by the United States, the U.S. State Department said Friday after labeling the mission "a hub of spying and intellectual property theft," signaling that tensions between the world's two major powers have risen to their highest level in decades.
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