{"id":1845382,"date":"2023-02-13T12:49:36","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T17:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845382"},"modified":"2023-02-13T12:49:55","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T17:49:55","slug":"u-s-reveals-extent-of-chinese-spy-balloon-program-says-its-false-that-u-s-does-the-same-to-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-reveals-extent-of-chinese-spy-balloon-program-says-its-false-that-u-s-does-the-same-to-china\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Reveals Extent Of Chinese Spy Balloon Program, Says It\u2019s \u2018False\u2019 That U.S. Does The Same To China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-reveals-extent-of-chinese-spy-balloon-program-says-its-false-that-u-s-does-the-same-to-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1845382&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<p>On Monday, China&#8217;s claims that the U.S. has spy balloons in its territory were disputed by the United States.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s allegation comes after the U.S. shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon on February 4 off the coast of South Carolina and has since downed unidentified objects over Alaska, Canada, and Lake Huron over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also common for U.S. balloons to illegally enter the airspace of other countries,\u201d Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry, claimed. \u201cSince last year, U.S. high-altitude balloons have illegally flown over China\u2019s airspace more than 10 times without the approval of Chinese authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to The Associated Press, Wang did not provide any details to support his claims and refused to say how or if the alleged incursions were connected to the U.S. government.<\/p>\n<p>National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said that the communist nation\u2019s claims were a lie and that China was trying to deflect from the embarrassing situation they have caused.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is China that has a high-altitude surveillance balloon program for intelligence collection, connected to the People\u2019s Liberation Army, that it has used to violate the sovereignty of the United States and over 40 countries across five continents,\u201d Watson tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the latest example of China scrambling to do damage control,\u201d She went on. \u201cIt has repeatedly and wrongly claimed the surveillance balloon it sent over the United States was a weather balloon and to this day has failed to offer any credible explanations for its intrusion into our airspace and the airspace of others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is\u00a0the latest example of China scrambling to do damage control. It has repeatedly and wrongly claimed the surveillance balloon it sent over the US was a weather balloon and has failed to offer any\u00a0credible explanations for its intrusion into our airspace, airspace of others.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adrienne Watson (@NSC_Spox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NSC_Spox\/status\/1625105964239056897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Security Council\u2019s John Kirby flatly denied China\u2019s claims during an interview Monday morning on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We are not flying balloons over China.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>National Security Council\u2019s John Kirby unequivocally denies Beijing\u2019s claim that the U.S. has flown its own spy balloons over China <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w0JONCtAWB\">https:\/\/t.co\/w0JONCtAWB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/57LeHFeSXc\">pic.twitter.com\/57LeHFeSXc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Morning_Joe\/status\/1625161379689766912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-takes-action-against-chinese-companies-linked-to-spy-balloon-program\">responded<\/a> to the Chinese spy balloon by sanctioning six Chinese aerospace companies over their purported involvement in the country\u2019s spy balloon program.<\/p>\n<p>The Commerce Department announced the sanctions on Friday, less than a week after the Air Force shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean that had traversed the continental U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe PRC\u2019s [People\u2019s Republic of China] use of high-altitude balloons violates our sovereignty and threatens U.S. national security,\u201d Alan Estevez, undersecretary of commerce for industry and security, said in a statement. \u201cToday\u2019s action makes clear that entities that seek to harm U.S. national security and sovereignty will be cut off from accessing U.S. technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The six Chinese entities in question will be placed on the Entity List, where trade restrictions are placed on companies that have been determined to jeopardize national security by the Commerce Department.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese entities in question are Beijing Nanjiang Aerospace Technology, China Electronics Technology Group Corporation 48th Research Institute, Dongguan Lingkong Remote Sensing Technology, Eagles Men Aviation Science and Technology Group, Shanxi Eagles Men Aviation Science and Technology Group, and Guangzhou Tian-Hai-Xiang Aviation Technology.<\/p>\n<p><em>Leif Le Mahieu contributed to this report. <\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. disputed accusations from China on Monday after the communist nation claimed that the U.S. operates spy balloons over its country. 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