US Secretary of State leaves hotel, amid expectations of a meeting with his Chinese counterpart. Read more at straitstimes.com.
“To have dispatched an advanced fighter jet to shoot down a balloon with a missile, such behaviour is unbelievable, almost hysterical,” Mr Wang said on Saturday.
“There are so many balloons all over the world, and various countries have them, so is the United States going to shoot all of them down?“ he said. “We ask the US to show its sincerity and correct its mistakes, face up and resolve this incident, which has damaged Sino-US relations.”prompted Mr Blinken to postpone a planned visit to Beijing.
That Feb 5-6 trip would have been the first by a US secretary of state to China in five years and was seen by both sides as an opportunity to stabilise increasingly fraught ties. Washington had been hoping to put a “floor” under relations that hit a dangerous low in August with China’s reaction to
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