China has threatened to take measures against American entities related to the downing of a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the American East Coast.
\nAccording to international media reports, at a daily briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin gave no details and did not identify the targets of the measures.
\nWang’s statement was followed by a statement issued by the country’s ceremonial parliament on Thursday accusing American lawmakers of trampling on the sovereignty of other nations after the US passed a measure condemning the intrusion of the suspected Chinese spy balloon.
\nThe National People’s Congress’s Foreign Affairs Committee repeated Beijing\u2019s insistence that the balloon was an unmanned civilian weather research airship, a claim the US has dismissed citing its flight route and payload of surveillance equipment.
\nBeijing has also accused the US of overreacting in bringing the balloon down with a missile fired from an F-22 fighter jet.
\nSince the February 4 downing of the balloon, the United States has sanctioned six Chinese entities it said are linked to Beijing\u2019s aerospace programmes.
\nWhile China at first expressed regret over the February 4 incident, it has toughened its rhetoric in a further sign of how badly relations between the sides have deteriorated in recent years.
\nOn Wednesday, the Foreign Ministry said it will take measures against US entities somehow related to the downing of the balloon, without giving details.
\nThe resolution earlier passed unanimously by the US House of Representatives \u201cdeliberately exaggerated the \u2018China threat,'” the Foreign Relations Committee statement said.
\nThat was \u201cpurely malicious hype and political manipulation,” it said. \u201cSome US Congress politicians fanned the flames, fully exposing their sinister designs to oppose China and contain China.”
\n\u201cIn fact, it is the United States that wantonly interferes in other countries\u2019 internal affairs, violates their sovereignty, and conducts surveillance on other countries,” it said.
\nA range of Chinese government departments have issued daily protests over how the US handled the issue, accusing Washington of overreacting and violating \u201cthe spirit of international law.”
\nBeijing has offered no details on what company or government department was responsible for the giant balloon, the remnants of which are being sent to an FBI lab for analysis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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