China said that U.S. high altitude balloons had flown over its airspace without permission more than 10 times since the beginning of 2022, drawing a swift denial from Washington
Wang did not specifically describe the balloons as military, or for espionage purposes and did not provide further details.
"Any claim that the U.S. government operates surveillance balloons over the PRC is false," she said in a statement. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin speaks during a news conference in Beijing, China March 3, 2022. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia RawlinsEarlier, national security spokesman John Kirby told MSNBC in an interview: "Just absolutely not true. We are not flying balloons over China."China's assertion comes after the United States shot down what it called a Chinese surveillance balloon off the coast of South Carolina on Feb.
Chinese foreign ministry's Wang said he had no information on the latest three objects shot down by the United States.
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