Fort Worth’s 14-year diplomatic relationship with a Chinese city is poised to be outlawed — at least for the next 18 months.
Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign a bill banning Texas cities from having sister cities relationships with communities in countries deemed a “foreign adversary,” including China, North Korea, Russia and Iran. As of May 29, the bill was on Abbott’s desk awaiting his signature.
Fort Worth will have until October to dissolve its relationship with Guiyang, China — a city of about 6 million people and one of Fort Worth’s nine sister cities since 2011…