BEIJING/WASHINGTON — China said on Monday that U.S. high altitude balloons had flown over its airspace without permission more than 10 times since the…
China’s accusation widened a dispute with the United States that began last weekend after the U.S. military shot down what it says was a Chinese spy balloon, prompting top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken to cancel a trip to Beijing designed to ease tensions.Sign up to receive daily headline news from Ottawa Citizen, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
The White House promptly denied China’s accusation, which National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson dismissed as an effort at damage control by Beijing. “Any claim that the U.S. government operates surveillance balloons over the PRC is false,” she said in a statement.Article content China’s assertion comes after the United States shot down what it called a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4 after it had drifted across the continental United States for days.
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