Beijing insists it was a meteorological vehicle that went off course and accuses Washington of sending similar equipment into its airspace, a charge the US denies.
Taiwan’s military said “unidentified objects” were seen falling from the sky on Thursday over Matsu Island, about 280 km from the capital Taipei.
There they found the remains of a balloon that was one meter in diameter and a device inscribed with simple Chinese characters commonly used in China, which read “Taiyuan Radio No. 1 Factory Co., Ltd.,” the military said in a statement. Used to read “Meteorological Instruments”. ,