Vice President Kamala Harris said the discovery of a Chinese surveillance balloon traversing the U.S. should not affect diplomatic relations between the two superpowers.
The Biden administration downed the spy balloon several days after the object entered U.S. airspace amid public pressure and outcry from lawmakers who pointed to its loitering over secure military bases. Washington blacklisted six Chinese entities it said were linked to Beijing’s balloon program in response.Asked whether tensions over the episode might harm U.S.-China relations, Harris told Politico in an interview, “I don’t think so, no.
Harris described the administration’s approach to China as seeking “competition, but not conflict or confrontation” and said this was the message she relayed in a meeting with President Xi Jinping when the two met briefly at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in Bangkok late last year.
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