US Balloon Claim 'Hysterical And Absurd': China's Top Diplomat
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China on US claim on balloon: "There are many balloons from many countries in the sky. Do you want to down each and every one of them?"
China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday blasted the United States's reaction to what Washington has called a Chinese spy balloon as "hysterical and absurd", in uncharacteristically strong remarks against the top Western power.
Addressing a gathering of world leaders at the Munich Security Conference, Wang said US President Joe Biden's administration has a "misguided" perception of Beijing.
And he accused Washington of trying to "smear" the Asian giant while it itself was implementing policies that ran counter to its paradigms such as free trade.
"There are many balloons from many countries in the sky. Do you want to down each and every one of them?" Wang charged.
