Ministry gets no word from US on consulate illness

The Foreign Ministry confirmed on Thursday that Washington "has not made official contact" with Beijing over US officials' claims that more US citizens have fallen ill and were taken home after hearing strange noises in Guangzhou.

Last month, China said it found no evidence connected to what officials from the United States described as abnormal sound and pressure reported by an unnamed US citizen assigned to the US consulate in Guangzhou.

On Wednesday, The New York Times quoted officials as saying that the State Department has evacuated at least two more US citizens working at the consulate in Guangzhou who fell ill after hearing strange noises.