World Feb 18 Blinken warns China that balloon incursion ‘must never happen again’ By Karl Ritter, Matthew Lee, Associated Press
World Feb 11 U.S. blacklists 6 Chinese entities in response to alleged spy balloon incident The United States has blacklisted six Chinese entities it said were linked to Beijing's aerospace programs as part of its retaliation over an alleged Chinese spy balloon that traversed U.S. airspace. By Associated Press
Nation Feb 06 Watch 7:25 What China is trying to accomplish with repeated incursions into U.S. airspace The U.S. sent divers to salvage what they believe is spy equipment from the Chinese balloon shot down this weekend off the South Carolina coast. Chinese officials claim it was a civilian weather balloon that went off course. The Pentagon… By William Brangham, Dan Sagalyn
Nation Feb 04 U.S. shoots down suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast President Joe Biden gave the order to take down the device after it traversed sensitive military sites across North America, becoming the latest flashpoint in tensions between Washington and Beijing. By Zeke Miller, Michael Balsamo, Colleen Long, Aamer Madhani, Lolita Baldor, Associated Press
Politics Feb 04 China tries to minimize impact of suspected spy balloon after Blinken cancels visit Secretary of State Antony Blinken was due to visit Beijing on Sunday for talks aimed at reducing U.S.-China tensions. He said he had told senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi in a phone call that sending the balloon over the U.S. By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press