CHINA WARNS U.S. TO SUFFER ‘CONSEQUENCES’ IF IT ESCALATES SPYING BALLOON INCIDENT

Sun 19 February 2023:

China warned the United States on Sunday it would “bear all the consequences” if it escalated the controversy over a Chinese balloon that the U.S. military shot down this month.

Beijing will “follow through to the ~~end”~~ in the event “the U.S. insists on taking advantage of the issue”, the foreign ministry said in a statement.

A U.S. military jet on Feb. 4 shot down what Washington calls a Chinese spy balloon after it had crossed North America. Beijing says it was an errant weather-monitoring craft.

China‘s statement followed a meeting between top diplomat Wang Yi and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.

=Reuters

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