China Spy Balloon

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".

The United States said on Friday it had successfully concluded recovery efforts off South Carolina to collect sensors and other debris from a suspected Chinese

Beijing insisted the device was for weather surveillance and had gone astray, while Washington described it as a sophisticated high-altitude spying vehicle.

By shooting down the Chinese spy balloon, Biden said the US has sent "a clear message that the violation of our sovereignty was unacceptable.

US President Joe Biden walked away from the press room after complaining that the journalists were not being "polite."

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".

The United States said on Friday it had successfully concluded recovery efforts off South Carolina to collect sensors and other debris from a suspected Chinese

Beijing insisted the device was for weather surveillance and had gone astray, while Washington described it as a sophisticated high-altitude spying vehicle.

By shooting down the Chinese spy balloon, Biden said the US has sent "a clear message that the violation of our sovereignty was unacceptable.

US President Joe Biden walked away from the press room after complaining that the journalists were not being "polite."