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Chinese spy balloon – live: China rages over Biden’s SOTU as US briefs 40 nations about shot down balloon - The Independent

Chinese spy balloon – live: China rages over Biden’s SOTU as US briefs 40 nations about shot down balloon - The Independent

Chinese spy balloon – live: China rages over Biden’s SOTU as US briefs 40 nations about shot down balloon - The Independent
Feb 08, 2023 1 min, 6 secs

1675852985 China has reacted furiously to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address where he made reference to the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down over the Atlantic on Saturday.

1675843200 Republicans have wrapped the Chinese surveillance balloon into GOP talking points taking aim at the popular social media app TikTok, national security and the Biden administration’s relationship to China.

1675839600 On Monday, US officials said that improvements ordered by President Joe Biden to strengthen defenses against Chinese espionage helped identify last week’s spy balloon — and determine that similar flights were conducted at multiple points during the Trump administration.

US officials say that efforts ordered by President Joe Biden to strengthen defenses against Chinese espionage helped identify last week’s spy balloon — and determine that similar flights were conducted at multiple points during the Trump administration

1675828848 The suspected Chinese espionage airship that was downed by an American F-22 fighter on Saturday was targeting “sensitive military sites” as part of a program that has been known to US officials for a number of years, the White House has said.

Mr Harris said that the US acted appropriately by shooting it down on Saturday but added that “it it was a threat to the United States, if it was collecting information that could not be blocked … then that’s a different issue.”

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