BREAKING NEWS: After Chinese balloon enters US airspace, Biden secretary of state postpones trip to China
Former Chief Information Officer to President Bush Theresa Payton weighs in on China's possible intentions with balloon.has postponed his trip to China following the controversy over a Chinese surveillance balloon detected over the northern United States.
"It is unacceptable that this has occurred. After consultations with our interagency partners, as well as with Congress, we have concluded that the conditions are not right at this moment for Secretary Blinken to travel to China," a senior official said. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during a press conference at the Waldorf Astoria in Jerusalem on Jan. 31, 2023.to discuss the Russia-Ukraine war with Chinese officials and meet with President Xi, White House National Security Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said earlier. demanded that Blinken confront Xi over the spy balloon during his trip, calling it an"unacceptable" violation of U.S. airspace and American sovereignty.
"The airship is from China. It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes," a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Friday."Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course."Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen Pat Ryder announced at a press conference Thursday afternoon that the U.S. government had detected a high-altitude surveillance balloon hovering over the continental U.S.
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