On October 18, at around 5 p.m., the Chinese Consulate located at the corner of 73rd Street and 102A Street in Chanmyathazi Township, Mandalay, was attacked with a bomb, damaging the roof of a two-story building inside the compound.

The U.S. lowered its flag over the American Consulate in the Chinese city of Chengdu, the latest historic milestone marking the deterioration in relations between Washington and Beijing.