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Politics Jul 12

WATCH: State Department holds briefing as House GOP investigates response to Chinese spy balloon

By Associated Press

Politics Jun 09

Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) during a meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia, July 9, 2022. Photo by Stefani Reynolds/Pool via REUTERS
Blinken to travel to China next week, carrying out a trip postponed after spy balloon incident

U.S. officials say Blinken expects to be in Beijing on June 18 for meetings with senior Chinese officials, including possibly with President Xi Jinping.

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Politics May 11

The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach
Top Biden aide tells China that U.S. wants to ‘move beyond’ spy balloon tensions

A top White House official has told a key Chinese diplomat that the Biden administration is "looking to move beyond" tensions spurred by the U.S. shooting down a Chinese spy balloon.

By Aamer Madhani, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Politics Feb 23

Chinese and U.S. flags flutter outside a company building in Shanghai
China’s global influence worries many in the U.S., says AP-NORC poll

A new poll shows that just 40 percent of U.S. adults approve of how President Joe Biden is handling relations with China, and a majority of them are anxious about Beijing's global influence.

By Josh Boak, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press

World Feb 18

Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich
Blinken warns China that balloon incursion ‘must never happen again’

The top diplomats from the United States and China met on Saturday in the first high-level contact between their countries since the U.S. shot down an alleged Chinese spy balloon two weeks ago, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken sending the message…

By Karl Ritter, Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Feb 18

Watch 3:23
News Wrap: Jimmy Carter enters hospice care after series of hospital stays

In our news wrap Saturday, former President Carter entered hospice care at home, the earthquake death toll in Turkey and Syria rose over 46,000, North Korea launched a missile into waters near Japan, more federal agencies arrived in East Palestine,…

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Feb 17

Military finishes recovery of Chinese balloon remnants off South Carolina coast

By Tara Copp, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

U.S. officials say the military has finished efforts to recover the remnants of the large balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina, and analysis of the debris so far reinforces conclusions that it was a Chinese…

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Feb 16

Watch 4:59
Biden says 3 unidentified objects shot down likely not spy balloons

By Laura Barrón-López, Dan Sagalyn

President Biden gave his most detailed assessment yet of the Chinese spy balloon and other objects that have crossed into U.S. airspace. The president said three unidentified objects shot down were likely linked to private companies or scientific research, not…

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Feb 15

China threatens to take measures against U.S. entities over downing of balloon

By Associated Press

China says it will enact measures against U.S. entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson gave no details and did not identify the targets of the measures.

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Feb 14

WATCH: 1st missile strike at aerial object over Lake Huron missed, Milley says

By Tara Copp, Associated Press

The first U.S. missile fired at an unidentified aerial object over Lake Huron missed the target and “landed harmlessly" in the water before a second one successfully hit, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday.

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