The surveillance balloon was shot down by a missile fired from an F-22 fighter jet off South Carolina on Feb. 4.
off South Carolina originally had a trajectory that would have taken it over Guam and Hawaii but was blown off course, a government official has revealed.
The incident has further strained US-China relations and prompted Secretary of State Antony Blinken to cancel a planned visit to Beijing last week. “The US has abused force, overreacted, escalated the situation, and used this as a pretext to illegally sanction Chinese companies and institutions,” Wang said.
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