China Balloon Us

A US official revealed that the Chinese spy balloon, which traversed the United States in early 2023, used an American internet service provider to transmit periodic data related to navigation and location back to China, CNN reported.

What a difference eight months makes: In March, shortly after the US shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, President Xi Jinping blamed it for challenges faced by China's economy, complaining of "all-round containment".

The Chinese balloon shot down by a US fighter jet over the Atlantic in February did not collect intelligence as it flew across the United States, the Pentagon said Thursday.

"We did what we needed to do to protect our interests, we said what we needed to say and made clear what needed to make clear in terms of this not happening again. So as long as it doesn't, that chapter should be closed," said Antony Blinken

US President Joe Biden said Sunday that ties between Washington and Beijing should thaw "very shortly", after the United States shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon this year.

China reiterated that the unmanned civilian airship that flew over US territory was purely an "unexpected and isolated event," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, according to the press statement released by the ministry.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that China has made it clear that the unmanned civilian airship that flew over U.S. territory was "an unexpected and isolated event".

The United States has said it is still doing an assessment of what exactly intelligence information China was able to gather from its spy balloon that flew over sensitive American military sites in February.

China's foreign ministry said on Friday that the United States had refused to reply to a Chinese request for information on the balloon that it had shot downed off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month.

The US defense department has released a high-altitude cockpit selfie of a U-2 spy plane pilot soaring over an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon the day before it was shot down.

The US claimed that the balloon was surveilling American territory, but China has denied the accusation.

China today accused Joe Biden of "saying one thing and doing another" in a direct rebuke of the US president's decision to shoot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon this month.

China's top diplomat Wang Yi told his US counterpart Antony Blinken Saturday that their countries' relations had been damaged by America's response to a Chinese balloon flying over its territory, state news agency Xinhua reported.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China not to repeat its "irresponsible act" of sending spy balloons into American airspace, as he held rare talks late Saturday with China's top diplomat Wang Yi.

China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday blasted Washington's reaction to what the United States has called a Chinese spy balloon as "hysterical and absurd".

A US official revealed that the Chinese spy balloon, which traversed the United States in early 2023, used an American internet service provider to transmit periodic data related to navigation and location back to China, CNN reported.

What a difference eight months makes: In March, shortly after the US shot down a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, President Xi Jinping blamed it for challenges faced by China's economy, complaining of "all-round containment".

The Chinese balloon shot down by a US fighter jet over the Atlantic in February did not collect intelligence as it flew across the United States, the Pentagon said Thursday.

"We did what we needed to do to protect our interests, we said what we needed to say and made clear what needed to make clear in terms of this not happening again. So as long as it doesn't, that chapter should be closed," said Antony Blinken

US President Joe Biden said Sunday that ties between Washington and Beijing should thaw "very shortly", after the United States shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon this year.

China reiterated that the unmanned civilian airship that flew over US territory was purely an "unexpected and isolated event," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, according to the press statement released by the ministry.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that China has made it clear that the unmanned civilian airship that flew over U.S. territory was "an unexpected and isolated event".

The United States has said it is still doing an assessment of what exactly intelligence information China was able to gather from its spy balloon that flew over sensitive American military sites in February.

China's foreign ministry said on Friday that the United States had refused to reply to a Chinese request for information on the balloon that it had shot downed off the coast of South Carolina earlier this month.

The US defense department has released a high-altitude cockpit selfie of a U-2 spy plane pilot soaring over an alleged Chinese surveillance balloon the day before it was shot down.

The US claimed that the balloon was surveilling American territory, but China has denied the accusation.

China today accused Joe Biden of "saying one thing and doing another" in a direct rebuke of the US president's decision to shoot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon this month.

China's top diplomat Wang Yi told his US counterpart Antony Blinken Saturday that their countries' relations had been damaged by America's response to a Chinese balloon flying over its territory, state news agency Xinhua reported.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China not to repeat its "irresponsible act" of sending spy balloons into American airspace, as he held rare talks late Saturday with China's top diplomat Wang Yi.

China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday blasted Washington's reaction to what the United States has called a Chinese spy balloon as "hysterical and absurd".