STORY: The launch of a suspected Chinese observation balloon over US territory continues to raise tensions between the two countries. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had accused China of using the balloon to attempt surveillance of strategic US mainland facilities. A spokeswoman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry again rejected this on Monday: "The Chinese side has explained the situation several times. I would like to emphasize that this incident was an accident caused by uncontrollable external forces. The US...
For decades, Americans have been preaching global free trade. But now, under Democrat Joe Biden, they are suddenly pumping $370 billion in state aid into the domestic energy sector, with another $280 billion flowing into the semiconductor industry. The surprised Europeans criticize it sharply, but the Americans don't care: the Europeans should please stop crying like that New York Magazine recently wrote, and finally revamp their own economic and governance model.The European Union is behaving "hyperhypocritically," said Democratic Senator Joe...
The suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down by the United States caused diplomatic tensions between the two countries. But why are such balloons used at all in times of drones and satellites? And how do they work? A suspected Chinese spy balloon over the United States, a second according to the Pentagon over Latin America: The United States has now shot down the balloon over its territory off the coast of the state of South Carolina - although Beijing assured...
Status: 02/06/2023 1:52 p.m China's government is sticking to it: the shot-down balloon over the USA was only used to observe the weather - Washington had completely overreacted. The verdict is also clear among the general public. By Benjamin Eyssel, ARD Studio Beijing China's state broadcaster CCTV's main evening news service made no mention of the balloon dispute. Instead, the first news will be how Chinese farmers will start sowing in the spring. RBB logo Benjamin Eysel ARD Studio Beijing...
espionage from China After the balloon was launched in the USA: the federal government is alarmed On this, a large balloon hovers over the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Carolina. Below is a fighter jet and its vapor trails. © Chad Fish / DPA The United States recovers debris from a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina. They hope that the evaluation will provide information about his technical skills. In Germany, too, there is...
After the US military shot down a suspected spy balloon from China, the debris is being salvaged. The FBI federal police are involved in the evaluation, US media reported on Sunday (local time) in unison. According to the Pentagon, the debris lay about 11 kilometers off the coast of South Carolina in relatively shallow water.US fighter jets shot down the balloon over the Atlantic on Saturday after the flying object had flown over the United States for several days. The...
From Peter Burghardt, WashingtonSouth Carolina's beaches are usually not busy in the winter. But anyone who looked up into the fortunately clear sky there early on Saturday afternoon, and many interested parties did, experienced an event of global political proportions. That Chinese balloon was flying up there, the suspected spy balloon that, to the horror of the US government, had been flying over the United States for days. Then it started. source site
From Leah SahayIt was a symbolic transfer that China's foreign ministry announced in January: Foreign policy spokesman Zhao Lijian is now deputy head of the ministry's department for border and ocean affairs. The 50-year-old was seen as the face of the wolf warriors, China's rampant diplomats who rudely railed against their host countries and attacked critics. source site
espionage After balloon launch: United States evaluate debris US fighter jets shot down the balloon over the Atlantic on Saturday. photo © Chad Fish/Chad Fish/AP/dpa The United States recovers debris from a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina. They hope that the evaluation will provide information about his technical skills. After the US military shot down a suspected spy balloon from China, the debris is being salvaged. The Federal Police FBI is involved in the evaluation,...
arctic temperatures "Only once in a generation": Polar air causes record cold and frost quakes in the USA and Canada Pedestrians brave the extreme cold on Saturday in New York, in the eastern United States © ZUMA Wire / Imago Images In the east of the USA and Canada, polar air currents with strong gusts of wind have caused extreme cold and frost quakes. Temperatures fell to record lows. The speech was in advance of arctic cold, as it occurs...
