US secretary of state Antony Blinken has cancelled his weekend visit to China after the Pentagon said it discovered a Chinese spy balloon that has been flying over sensitive nuclear missile sites in the western state of Montana.
The top US diplomat had been set to travel to Beijing where he had been expected to meet China’s president Xi Jinping. He would have been the first Biden administration cabinet secretary to visit China and the first secretary of state to travel to the country in more than five years.
Speaking at the state department after cancelling his trip, Blinken said the presence of the Chinese balloon was an “irresponsible act” and a “clear violation of US sovereignty and international law”.
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