US urged to explain balloon flights in Chinese airspace


BEIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network): Beijing on Tuesday (Feb 14) urged Washington to carry out a thorough investigation and give China an explanation about US balloons entering Chinese airspace.

"The US had released several high-altitude balloons from its soil since May 2022, which continuously circled the globe and illegally flew in the airspace of China and other countries at least 10 times," Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a daily news briefing.

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