The People’s Republic of China has issued a US condemnation for the recent spy plane it shot down in US airspace.
The Foreign Affairs Committee of the National People’s Congress on Thursday reiterated the country’s claim that the flight of a Chinese plane into US territory was not intentional.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping attends the 29th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 19, 2022. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)
The committee called US lawmakers’ outrage over the plane “purely harmful exaggeration and political manipulation.”
He continued: “In fact, it is the United States that arbitrarily interferes in the internal affairs of other countries, violates their sovereignty and conducts surveillance on other countries.”
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In this photo provided by Chad Fish, a large balloon drifts over the Atlantic Ocean just off the coast of South Carolina with a fighter jet and its contrail visible below it on Saturday, Feb. 4. (Chad Fish via AP)
The release parroted talking points already covered by the nation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has been highly critical of the US government’s handling of the situation in recent weeks, accusing government officials of making a show of a delicate situation.
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US forces carry debris from Chinese surveillance balloon onto a boat off the coast of South Carolina. A military jet that shot down an object over Lake Huron, Michigan, missed its first attempt. (US Fleet Forces)
“China strongly opposes this and will take countermeasures in accordance with the law against relevant US entities that undermine China’s sovereignty and security,” Wang said.
Wang did not elaborate on what the proposed “countermeasures” might be, but the spokesman promised that the communist nation “will resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and its legitimate rights and interests.”
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FBI Special Agents assigned to the Evidence Response Team process material recovered from the high-altitude balloon recovered off the coast of South Carolina. The material was processed and transported to the FBI laboratory in Quantico, Virginia . (FBI)
Surveillance ball shot down by the U.S. government on February 4 about the waters off South Carolina was a daily topic of discussion for the Department of Foreign Affairs.
