China denounces US balloons in its airspace

The sighting of a Chinese balloon flying over USA and Canada It has given way to a series of accusations of espionage on the part of the Asian country.

According to Chinait was a civilian balloon for meteorological purposes, but equally it was shot down by US forces. Now Beijing accuses Washington of sending balloons into its airspace since January 2022.

“It is not uncommon for the United States to illegally enter the airspace of other countries.”Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters.

Fourth object shot down in the United States had “potential surveillance capabilities”

“In the last year alone, American balloons have flown over China more than ten times without any authorization”, he assured.

“If you want to know more about US high-altitude balloons illegally entering China’s airspace, I suggest you refer to the US side,” the spokeswoman added.

Since the Chinese balloon incident, the United States has shot down three other unidentified flying objects. General Glen VanHerck, head of the US Northern Command, told reporters that after sending planes to inspect the most recent object, they concluded that there were no signs of a threatas with the previous objects.

“What we’re seeing are very, very small objects that produce a very, very low radar cross section,” he said. (YO)