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Chinese balloon soars across US; Blinken scraps Beijing trip
1 month ago | By Boston Herald
By MATTHEW LEE
WASHINGTON - A huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying despite China's firm denials. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing U..S.-China tensions.
Fuzzy videos dotted social media sites as people with binoculars and telephoto lenses tried to find the “spy balloon” in the sky as it headed eastward over Kansas and Missouri at 60,000 feet.
Blinken's cancelation came despite China's claim that the balloon was merely a weather research “airship” that...
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How an Alleged Spy Balloon Derailed an Important U.S.-China Meeting
1 month ago | By Time
Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed an approaching trip to Beijing Friday after a suspected Chinese spy balloon was spotted floating high above the northern continental United States, U.S. officials said.
The decision came hours after the Chinese government confirmed the massive balloon belonged to them, while insisting it was merely a “civilian airship” used for weather research that accidentally wafted into U.S. airspace.
Canceling the long-planned trip underscores how seriously the White House views the incident despite the Chinese government's public attempt at contrition...
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