NewsSwan: China orders U.S. to close consulate in Chengdu

A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard at the entrance to the U.S. consulate in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province on September 17, 2012.

The ministry also ordered the consulate general to cease operations.

“The current situation between China and the U.S. is something the Chinese side does not want to see,” the foreign ministry said in a Chinese-language statement translated by CNBC.

“The responsibility lies entirely with the U.S. side,” the statement added. “We again urge the U.S. side to immediately revoke its relevant wrong decisions, to create necessary conditions for the two countries’ relationship to return to normal.”

The U.S. Embassy in Beijing declined to comment.