"Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China’s top diplomat on
Saturday that the U.S. will not tolerate violations of its airspace
after a Chinese spy balloon flew over North America, but received no
apologies from Beijing.
According to Politico,
Blinken met with Wang Yi, director of China’s Office of the Central
Commission for Foreign Affairs, on the sidelines of the Munich Security
Conference in what was the administration’s first face-to-face meeting
with the Chinese government since a balloon was discovered earlier this
month and subsequently downed by the U.S. military off the coast of
South Carolina. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned China’s top diplomat that the U.S. will not tolerate violations of its airspace
after a Chinese spy balloon flew over North America, but received no
apologies from Beijing.
Blinken also warned Beijing about “implications and consequences if China provides material support to Russia or assistance with systemic sanctions evasion,” as Moscow wages war against Ukraine." ZH