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Blinken rebukes China’s top diplomat on balloon, Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken rebuked China’s top diplomat in their first in-person meeting since the uproar over an alleged spy balloon, telling Wang Yi that the craft’s entry into U.S. airspace was an “irresponsible act that must never again occur.”

Tribune News Service

Blinken meets with China's top diplomat in first meeting since balloon controversy

The meeting is the highest level of contact between the two nations since the discovery of a Chinese balloon in U.S. airspace at the beginning of this month.

WEKU

Blinken meets top China diplomat for 1st time since U.S. downed spy balloon

It was the first face-to-face meeting between the two diplomats since the U.S. shot down a Chinese government surveillance balloon.

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Chinese peace plan for Ukraine greeted cautiously by the west

China’s senior diplomat Wang Yi speaks of need to uphold principle of territorial integrity but also of respecting Russia’s ‘legitimate security interests’

The Guardian - UK

North Korea fires suspected ICBM after issuing threat to US

North Korea fired a suspected intercontinental ballistic missile, ratcheting up tensions after issuing a warning to the U.S. and parading a record number of rockets through the streets of Pyongyang designed to deliver a nuclear warhead to the American mainland.

Tribune News Service

China’s top diplomat blasts ‘hysterical’ US response on balloon

China’s top diplomat lashed out at the U.S., calling President Joe Biden’s decision to shoot a balloon over American air space and the heightened state of alert “incomprehensible and almost hysterical.”

Tribune News Service

Antony Blinken meets with top China diplomat who called US response to spy balloon ‘hysterical’ and ‘absurd’

Incidents have added to increased tension between White House and Beijing

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China's man in Wellington writes - about that balloon

The Chinese Ambassador to Wellington writes to Newsroom, and others, challenging the US and international allegations about China's big balloon that was shot down over the US coast.

Newsroom.co.nz

China's top diplomat renews criticism of US balloon downing

China’s top diplomat has renewed Beijing’s criticism of the United States for shooting down what Washington says was a Chinese spy balloon, arguing that the move doesn’t point to U.S. strength

The Independent UK

Japan, China to hold security talks next week, Japan foreign minister says

Japan and China will hold security talks next week, Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said after meeting his Chinese counterpart on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

Reuters

US reaction to balloon incident ‘hysterical’, says China

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken cancelled a planned trip to China after the discovery of the balloon

Evening Standard

In meeting, Blinken warns China's Wang Yi against aiding Russia in Ukraine

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday warned top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi of consequences should China provide material support to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, saying in an interview after the two met that Washington was concerned Beijing was considering supplying weapons to Moscow.

Reuters

North Korea test-fires ICBM as US and South Korea prepare joint drills

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile Saturday which landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone, Seoul and Tokyo said, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming US-South Korean military drills.

France 24

Harris says "troubled" that China has deepened relationship with Russia

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said on Saturday she was troubled that China had deepened its relationship with Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine, noting Chinese support to Russia would undermine the rules-based international order.

Reuters

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How will Raisi’s Beijing visit affect Iran-China ties?

Tehran wants to expand ties with its ‘strategic’ partner, but it faces serious hurdles.

WEKU

Secretary of State Blinken and China's top diplomat Wang Yi are set to meet in Munich

The two diplomats will meet for the first time in the aftermath of the balloon crisis earlier this month.

Reuters

Taiwan says crashed balloon was used for weather monitoring

A balloon that came down on a remote Taiwanese-held islet close to China's coast was used for weather monitoring and had no audio-visual recording equipment on board, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said on Saturday after analysing the remains.

Bangkok Post

China blasts 'hysterical' US balloon claims

MUNICH: China's top diplomat Wang Yi on Saturday blasted the United States' reaction to what Washington has called a Chinese spy balloon as "hysterical and absurd", in uncharacteristically strong remarks against the top Western power.

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Reuters

China's top diplomat reiterates calls for dialogue over Ukraine crisis

China has "neither stood by idly nor thrown fuel on the fire" regarding the crisis in Ukraine, and continues to call for peace and dialogue, top diplomat Wang Yi said at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday.

Axios

Top Chinese diplomat: U.S. response to balloon "absurd and hysterical"

"This incident doesn't show American strength but the opposite," Wang Yi said.

Bangkok Post

North Korean missile lands in Japanese waters

TOKYO: North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, Seoul and Tokyo said on Saturday, after Pyongyang warned of a strong response to upcoming US-South Korean military drills.

The Guardian - US

Beware: we could be entering a dangerous new era of US-China relations

Incidents like the Chinese spying balloon could too easily spiral out of control in the future, ending in disaster

Evening Standard

FBI lab to assess what ‘Chinese balloon was capable of,’ says White House

Four objects have now been shot down over North America

Reuters

U.S. handling of balloon incident 'hysterical', says China's top diplomat

China's top diplomat Wang Yi said on Saturday that the U.S. handling of the balloon incident had been "unimaginable" and "hysterical" - an "absurd" act that had violated international norms.

The Guardian - UK

Detained activist fears for missing zero-Covid protesters in China

Ding Jiaxi also tells lawyer he is worried about health after being held for more than three years

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