It said it would continue to communicate with the United States to “properly handle” the unforeseen situation. A Chinese government spokesman previously said that “China has no intention of violating any sovereign country’s land territory and airspace.”
US officials said they took up the matter with their Chinese counterparts through diplomatic channels. A US official said, “We have told them how seriously we are taking this issue.”
Postponing the trip to Blinken, which Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping had agreed upon in November, would be a blow to those on both sides who saw it as an overdue opportunity to stabilize the rapidly fractious relationship. Saw in The last visit by the US Secretary of State was in 2017.
China is eager for a stable US relationship so it can focus on its economy, now battered by the abandoned zero-Covid policy and neglected by foreign investors, which they see as a return to state intervention in the market. lets see.
In recent months, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has met with world leaders, seeking to reset ties and iron out disagreements.
Relations between China and the United States have soured in recent years, especially after then-US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August prompted dramatic Chinese military exercises near the self-ruled island.
Since then, Washington and Beijing have sought to communicate more frequently and prevent further deterioration of relations.
A US official said that the balloons were assessed to have “limited additive value from an intelligence collection point of view”.
