{"id":1848348,"date":"2023-02-15T11:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1848348"},"modified":"2023-02-15T11:55:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:55:48","slug":"china-threatens-vague-countermeasures-against-u-s-in-retaliation-for-shot-down-spy-balloon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-threatens-vague-countermeasures-against-u-s-in-retaliation-for-shot-down-spy-balloon\/","title":{"rendered":"China Threatens Vague &#8220;Countermeasures&#8221; Against U.S. in Retaliation for Shot Down Spy Balloon"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fchina-threatens-vague-countermeasures-against-u-s-in-retaliation-for-shot-down-spy-balloon%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=1848348&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 class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/world-regions\/china\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The People&#8217;s Republic of China<\/a> Wednesday threatened to take legal action against U.S. agencies that destroyed and recovered one of its surveillance balloons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the vague threat during an interview.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/china-calls-us-trigger-happy-defending-airspace-objects-shot-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CHINA CALLS US TRIGGER-HAPPY ON DEFENDING AIRSPACE AFTER OBJECTS&#8217; HIT DOWN<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/640\/320\/Chinese_spy_balloon_recovery4.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Chinese Spy Balloon recovered\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Chinese spy balloon recovered<\/span> <span>(NORAD\/NORTHCOM &#8211; DVIDS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;China firmly opposes this and will take countermeasures in accordance with the law against the relevant U.S. entities that undermine China\u2019s sovereignty and security,&#8221; Wang.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been harshly critical of the U.S. government\u2019s handling of the situation over the past weeks. They accuse government officials of making a spectacle of the situation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/national-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Situation delicate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/timeline-fourth-flying-object-downed-us-military-8-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TIMELINE: FOURTH FLYING OBJECT DOWNED BY US MILITARY IN 8 DAYS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/640\/320\/China-Weng-Wenbin.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin attends a regular press conference on May 24, 2022 in Beijing, China.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, attends a regular press conference in Beijing on May 24, 2022.<\/span> <span>(VCG via Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Wang didn&#8217;t elaborate on the details of what was being proposed &#8220;countermeasures&#8221; The communist nation might not be there, but that is what the spokesperson assured. &#8220;resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and its legitimate rights and interests.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The surveillance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/us-heightened-alert-increasing-scrutiny-airspace-downing-unidentified-object-lake-huron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">balloons shot down<\/a> The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has discussed the daily topic of the U.S. government&#8217;s February 4th declaration over the waters off South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/640\/320\/China-balloon.png?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"In this photo provided by Chad Fish, a large balloon drifts above the Atlantic Ocean, just off the coast of South Carolina, with a fighter jet and its contrail seen below it, on Saturday, Feb. 4.\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Chad Fish took this photo. It shows a large balloon floating above the Atlantic Ocean, near the coast of South Carolina. Below it is a fighter plane and its contrail. This was Saturday, February 4.<\/span> <span>(Chad Fish via AP)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We do need to point out, however, that the U.S.&#8217;s downing of the unmanned airship with advanced missiles is a trigger-happy overreaction,&#8221; Wang stated this in a press conference Monday. &#8220;Many in the U.S. have been asking \u2018what good can such costly action possibly bring to the U.S. and its taxpayers?\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i>This report was contributed by Fox News&#8217; Louis Casiano, and Jennifer Griffinv.<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Fox News Digital&#8217;s Timothy Nerozzi is a journalist. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The People&#8217;s Republic of China Wednesday threatened to take legal action against U.S. agencies that destroyed and recovered one of its surveillance balloons.\u00a0 Wang Wenbin, spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs made the vague threat during an interview. 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