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- Being freed from the consulate with Elizabeth Mackey and Charles Foster With Barbara Bush at the White 11011se in 1991.†
Chpt 2.12 *consulate = a diplomat appointed by a government to live in a foreign country and help its citizens visiting that country; or the offices of that person and assistants
- Our visas were approved by the American consulate in Beijing in a matter of days.†
Chpt 2.17
- Each weekend we had to report to the Chinese consulate officials.†
Chpt 2.18
- One of the senior consuls was Zhang Zongshu, and his wife was a translator in the consulate.†
Chpt 2.18
- Consul Zhang and the Chinese consulate sent a favorable report to the Ministry of Culture.†
Chpt 2.18
- With passport in hand I went to the U.S. consulate in Beijing as soon as I could, and my visa was granted within days.†
Chpt 2.19
- He'd have to tell the Chinese consulate, and I would he sent straight back to China.†
Chpt 3.20
- Senior Consul Zhang Zongshu from the Chinese consulate was in the audience that evening.†
Chpt 3.21
- Consul Zhang at the consulate thinks I've masterminded this whole thing.†
Chpt 3.21
- Li, the least you can do for me is explain all this to the consulate!†
Chpt 3.21
- Then I'll tell Consul Zhang that you will meet them at the consulate," he said and hung up.†
Chpt 3.21
- He congratulated me on our marriage, but when I told him that Ben had asked me to go to the Chinese consulate he strongly advised against it.†
Chpt 3.21
- The consulate is considered Chinese territory.†
Chpt 3.21
- Is dangerous to meet in consulate?†
Chpt 3.21
- So Delworth drove Lori, Elizabeth and me to the Chinese consulate on Montrose Boulevard.†
Chpt 3.21
- When we arrived Charles was already there at the consulate gate, and as soon as we entered the big metal door clanged shut behind us.†
Chpt 3.21
- Consul Zhang was there, and his wife who was the translator, and several other consulate officials.†
Chpt 3.22
- I had been in this meeting room before, when I'd had to report to the consulate on weekends.†
Chpt 3.22
- The consulate officials seemed relaxed and friendly, but Ben was clearly furious.†
Chpt 3.22
- It seemed as though the consulate officials were deliberately keeping the conversation going, trying to distract us, while they gradually eliminated my friends from the room.†
Chpt 3.22
- In a very loud and strident voice the consulate official ordered Charles to sit.†
Chpt 3.22
- But I did think they must have been thrown out of the consulate and that the Chinese government would promise me anything to get me back to China.†
Chpt 3.22
- Would I have come to the consulate if I had a political agenda to hide or if the Americans or the Taiwanese had helped me?†
Chpt 3.22
- Then another consulate official replaced him for another half an hour of interrogation and persuasion.†
Chpt 3.22
- But I was determined not to allow the consulate officials to see my tears or to sense my weakness.†
Chpt 3.22
- The consulate officials changed their approach and went back to their pleasantries again, offering everyone drinks and engaging in idle conversation.†
Chpt 3.22
- But Ben and my friends would not leave the consulate without me.†
Chpt 3.22
- So the consulate officials turned the lights out.†
Chpt 3.22
- By now, rumors about my detention at the consulate had started to spread to Louisa's party.†
Chpt 3.22
- They'd planned to interview me that night, but as time dragged on and I was still missing they eventually enlisted the help of some Houston Ballet board members and discovered that I was being held at the consulate against my will.†
Chpt 3.22
- People were beginning to gather at the side entrance to the consulate.†
Chpt 3.22
- About the same time, Charles had his final discussion with Anne and Carl outside the consulate.†
Chpt 3.22
- Then, unknown to the consulate officials, Charles made another crucial call.†
Chpt 3.22
- In any event, he knew he had to leave the consulate to help draft the legal documents.†
Chpt 3.22
- After Charles left the consulate, the Chinese officials had had enough.†
Chpt 3.22
- They demanded all the Westerners follow Charles and leave the consulate at once.†
Chpt 3.22
- When Charles left the consulate the morning papers were already out on the streets.†
Chpt 3.22
- Chinese Consulate Holding Eight Americans Hostage.†
Chpt 3.22
- The vice president should know the Chinese consulate is holding a Houston Ballet dancer, Li Cunxin, against his will.†
Chpt 3.22
- Charles then returned to the consulate with a federal marshal to serve both orders, one ordering the consul general to produce me and the other enjoining the consul general from removing me from the country.†
Chpt 3.22
- "The consulate is surrounded," he said.†
Chpt 3.22
- Charles knocked on the door of the consulate, with the U.S. marshal, trying to serve the court orders.†
Chpt 3.22
- For the rest of the day Charles went to and from the consulate, but he was not allowed back in.†
Chpt 3.22
- FBI numbers outside the consulate began to grow.†
Chpt 3.22
- Then the State Department called and asked Charles to go back to the consulate and tell them to reconnect their phones.†
Chpt 3.22
- Charles returned to the consulate around 4 p.m., and by 5 o'clock he was again in a room by himself talking to Consul Zhang.†
Chpt 3.22
- In my room at the top of the consulate, I was, of course, completely unaware of these developments.†
Chpt 3.22
- After my release from the consulate my story was flashed all over the TV networks, the newspapers and the radio stations.†
Chpt 3.23
- Elizabeth's mother had flown to Houston from Florida as soon as she'd heard that her daughter and new son-in-law were locked up at the Chinese consulate.†
Chpt 3.23
- Li, I've spoken to the Chinese consulate.†
Chpt 3.23
Definitions:
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(1)
(consulate) the offices where a consul works; or a consul (a diplomat appointed by a government to live in a foreign country, help its citizens visiting that country, and protect its commercial interests there)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Consulate general references a building that serves a consul general (a high ranking consul).