YORBA LINDA, CA - JULY 23: U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo deliversĀ a speech on Communist China and the future of the free world at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library on July 23, 2020 in Yorba Linda, California. The U.S. has ordered the Chinese consulate in Houston, Texas to close by tomorrow. Pompeo told reporters that the decision comes amid China's "stealing" of intellectual property. The Chinese foreign ministry condemned the closing and said that its embassy in Washington had received death threats. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)