The episode strained further ties between Washington and Beijing. Read more at straitstimes.com.
BEIJING - 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.spent a week flying over the United States and Canada before President Joe Biden ordered it to be shot down.leading America’s top diplomat to postpone a trip to China.
“China early on through protected consular channels clearly demanded the United States notify on the progress , but the United States refused to respond.” China said that the alleged spy balloon is a civilian airship used for meteorological purposes, and that it was accidentally blown off course into US airspace.
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