China Accuses U.S. of Lying to the World About Their Spy Balloon After House of Reps Passes Resolution Condemning Them
China accuses the United States, of lying to the entire world after the House of Representatives Unanimity passed a resolution condamning Beijing’s statements regarding a surveillance spy ball hovering over North America.
“China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it,” Mao Ning, spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, said Friday during a daily briefing that the U.S. legislators were being accused of “hyping up” The balloon is for “purely political manipulation.”
After Republicans and Democrats had voted in unanimity for 419 to 0, the stern statement came a day later. condemn Beijing You can find out more about a “brazen violation” U.S. sovereignty and attempts to “deceive the international community through false claims about its intelligence collection campaigns.”
House Republicans also criticised the Biden administration’s inaction to shoot down the aircraft while it was hovering from Montana to South Carolina. Defense officials however said that they had disabled its surveillance capabilities.
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China’s defense ministry spokesperson Tan Kefei attended a news conference at the ASEAN’s Defense Ministers’ Meeting in Siem Reap in Cambodia on Nov. 22, 20,22. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
After the balloon was found and photos were shared widely online, the Chinese government claimed that the object was a civilian weather balloon which had blown off course.
Beijing failed to provide any additional information, including the balloon’s self-steering capabilities or its modern signal surveillance techniques that were “capable of conducting signals intelligence collection” With multiple antennas or other equipment that can upload sensitive information solar panels Officials from the United States said that they would power them.
The U.S. also said the balloon was tied to a major surveillance program run by China’s military, which includes the use of similar aircraft in more than 40 countries under the direction of the People’s Liberation Army. According to the U.S. similar balloons have traveled over five continents.
Officials from the State Department said that the balloon manufacturer had been fired. “a direct relationship with China’s military and is an approved vendor” Of the army.
China Electronics Technology Group, a state-owned defense contractor, stated in 2021 that it could attach radar equipment to its JY400 balloon to intercept and interfere with telecommunications.
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The balloon flew between 60,000 and 80.000 feet above Earth. It was taken down Coast of the Carolinas.
Saturday afternoon saw an F-22 bring down the balloon using a single A9X rocket off the coast South Carolina. The aircraft was sent to the FBI’s lab in Quantico, Virginia.
After first expressing “regret” China escalated its rhetoric against America over the incident for what it called “an” “irresponsible and seriously wrong approach by the U.S.”
U.S. Secretary Of Defense Lloyd Austin arrives at Osan Air Base, South Korea on January 30, 2023. (Lee Jin-Man – Pool/Getty Images)
After the U.S. shot down the aircraft, China’s Defense Ministry said it refused a call from U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as the U.S. had “not created the proper atmosphere” Dialog.
The U.S. “seriously violated international norms and set a pernicious precedent,” ministry spokesperson Tan Kefei said Thursday.
“Given that this irresponsible and seriously wrong approach by the U.S. did not create the proper atmosphere for dialogue and exchanges between the two militaries, China did not accept the U.S. proposal for a phone call between the two defense ministers,” Tan continued.
Chad Fish took this photo. It shows a large balloon floating above the Atlantic Ocean, near the coast of South Carolina. Below it is a fighter plane and its contrail. This was Saturday, February 4. (Chad Fish via AP)
Tan also spoke of China “reserves the right to use necessary means to deal with similar situations.”
Beijing stated that the U.S. “overreacted” in its decision to shoot down the aircraft and said the U.S. claims that it was spying is “part of the U.S. side’s information warfare against China.”
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A Chinese navy fleet departs Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province in east China, Dec. 20, 2022, to participate in a joint naval exercise with Russia and China. (LiLi Yun/Xinhua via Getty Images Yun/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Chinese navy warships participate in a joint naval exercise called Joint Sea 2022 in the East China Sea on December 21, 2022. On Wednesday, the Chinese and Russian naval navies began a joint naval exercise called Joint Sea 2022 in the East China Sea. (Li Yun/Xinhua via Getty Images)
Antony Blinken, Secretary of the State, cancelled a trip to Beijing that was planned to stabilize bilateral relations after the U.S. found the surveillance plane. The relationship has been strained by China’s threats to Taiwan and its increasingly aggressive military actions in the South China Sea.
China and the U.S. continue to be at odds over the potential capabilities of the balloon.
This report was contributed by The Associated Press.
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