China on Friday dismissed a U.S. House of Representatives resolution condemning China over a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down above U.S. waters as 'purely political manipulation and hyping up.' The resolution, which passed unanimously on Thursday, condemned China for a violation of U.S. sovereignty.
China on Friday dismissed a U.S. House of Representatives resolution condemning China over a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down above U.S. waters as "purely political manipulation and hyping up."
China insists the object was a civilian weather balloon that had been blown off course, but has not said who it belonged to or offered other details. "Given that this irresponsible and seriously wrong approach by the U.S. did not create the proper atmosphere for dialogue and exchanges between the two militaries, China did not accept the U.S. proposal for a phone call between the two defence ministers," Tan said.
Beijing said the U.S. "overreacted" by shooting it down. The Foreign Ministry has labelled the action "irresponsible" and calls U.S. claims that it was spying "part of the U.S. side's information warfare against China."
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