Blinken canceled China trip after balloon incident

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ADDITION APTOPIX United States China
ADDS PENTAGON RESPONSE THAT IT WOULD NOT CONFIRM – A high altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down due to risks of harm for people on the ground, officials said Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. The Pentagon would not confirm that the balloon in the photo was the surveillance balloon. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP) Chris Jorgensen/AP

Blinken canceled China trip after balloon incident

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he canceled his trip to China over the spy balloon spotted flying over the United States.

Blinken, at a briefing on Friday, said now does not seem like the time “for a constructive” visit.

“I can only imagine what the reaction would be in China if they were on the other end,” Blinken said.

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