The discovery of the aircraft has stirred tensions and a diplomatic row between China and the US
Washington and Beijing are at odds over the nature of the craft - US officials have described it as a"spy balloon", while the Chinese insist it is a meteorological surveillance device that has been blown off course.0:41The US is"going to take care of" a suspected Chinese spy balloon flying over its airspace, Joe Biden has said.
A visit to China by secretary of state Antony Blinken, during which he was to meet President Xi Jinping,China insisted it is used for meteorological and other scientific research, and had been blown off course. Others have said it could be a deliberate effort to embarrass or provoke the US, by showing how easily American airspace can be entered.'This is a Chinese surveillance balloon'
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