{"id":145824,"date":"2023-02-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/?p=913161"},"modified":"2023-02-03T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T00:00:00","slug":"china-says-its-checking-whether-it-sent-spy-balloon-to-montana-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/2023\/02\/03\/china-says-its-checking-whether-it-sent-spy-balloon-to-montana-2\/","title":{"rendered":"China Says It\u2019s Checking Whether It Sent Spy Balloon to Montana"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/\" title=\"MediaIntel.Asia provides Media Intelligence and Media Monitoring in Asia\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/mediaintelasia-logo-blackyellow-400x300-1.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" alt=\"MediaIntel.Asia\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>We may earn a commission from links on this page.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a bird, it\u2019s a plane, it\u2019s a\u2026 Chinese spy balloon? According to China, the answer could be \u201cmaybe.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Chinese Foreign Ministry addressed the balloon incident in a daily briefing on Friday and stated it was \u201cverifying\u201d the situation, according to Reuters. Reports of a giant white spy balloon in Montana, which houses one of the nation\u2019s nuclear launch facilities, captivated the internet on Thursday, capturing the attention of U.S. military officials and President Joe Biden. At the briefing, the foreign ministry did not deny that the balloon belonged to China.<br \/>\nSpokesperson Mao Ning discouraged speculation and hype around the spy balloon until facts were clarified and pointed out that China was a law-abiding country. Per the Associated Press, she pointed out that China hoped both sides could resolve the matter \u201ccalmly and carefully.\u201d<br \/>\nAdvertisement<br \/>\n\u201cChina is a responsible country and has always strictly abided by international laws, and China has no intention of violating the territory and airspace of any sovereign country,\u201d Mao said.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, in the U.S., officials informed Chinese diplomats they found the spy balloon and communicated that this was a serious situation, Reuters reported. A Biden administration official told NBC News that the government was confident the spy balloon belonged to China.<br \/>\nG\/O Media may get a commission Addiction counseling Safe Haven Health Accessible for all<br \/>\nSafe Haven prioritizes your needs with flexible and individuated substance abuse treatment, specifically opioid &#038; alcohol addiction. Start at Safe Haven Health Advertisement<br \/>\nFor all the fuss about the spy balloon, it doesn\u2019t seem to have been very effective. A U.S. official told Reuters that the spy balloon had \u201climited additive value from an intelligence collection perspective.\u201d<br \/>\nIt\u2019s not clear what will happen to China\u2019s purported spy balloon now that its cover\u2019s been blown. Top defense and military officials recommended Biden against shooting down the balloon because of the possible safety risks to the public from the debris. The AP reported that Biden accepted the recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>This data comes from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaintel.asia\/\" title=\"MediaIntel.Asia provides Media Intelligence and Media Monitoring in Asia\" >MediaIntel.Asia's Media Intelligence and Media Monitoring Platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We may earn a commission from links on this page.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s a bird, it\u2019s a plane, it\u2019s a\u2026 Chinese spy balloon? According to China, the answer could be \u201cmaybe.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Chinese Foreign Ministry addressed the balloon incident in a daily briefing on Friday and st&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":253,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[413,144,4,288,194,1542],"tags":[10320,3472,3929,10315,2240,8399],"class_list":["post-145824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advertising","category-china","category-internet","category-medicine","category-news-chinese-law","category-technology","tag-biden","tag-chinese","tag-espionage","tag-media-intelligence","tag-military","tag-spy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/253"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145824"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145825,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145824\/revisions\/145825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinalegalblog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}