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China Accuses US of ‘Information Warfare’ Over Spy Balloon Claims

In a not-so-surprising effort at victim-blaming, Beijing is now accusing the United States of engaging in “information warfare” for asserting that the balloon which sauntered its way across US airspace last week was engaged in surveillance, not just a weather balloon that lost its way.

Despite China’s attempted gaslighting, US officials aren’t playing along. According to a “senior State Department official“:

China’s military is likely behind a bold aerial spy program that has targeted more than 40 countries on five continents with high-altitude surveillance balloons similar to one the U.S. shot down over the Atlantic Ocean coast last weekend.

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