Biden says China’s ‘silly balloon’ derailed open communications with Beijing
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President Biden hopes to reopen dialogue with Beijing in the near future after the talks were derailed due to China's spy craft that flew across the U.S.
"How will you manage the diplomatic relationship with China?" a reporter asked in the early morning briefing. Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
"Well, number one, you're right. We should have an open line [of communications]. With the Bali conference that's what President Xi and I agreed that we were going to do and meet on," Biden responded. "And then this silly balloon that was carrying two free cars worth of spy equipment was flying over the United States, and it got shut down and changed in terms of talking to one another."