Category: US-China relations

Pentagon Admits ‘Awareness Gap’ That Caused Failure to Detect 3 Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Years

February 6, 2023
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A top U.S. general charged with monitoring the nation’s airspace said that the military did not detect previous incursions into its airspace by Chinese spy balloons. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, who serves as commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), said that Chinese spy balloons previously entered U.S. airspace undetected on at least…

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Biden Admin Retrospectively Detected Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Years Using ‘Enhanced’ Surveillance: Sullivan

February 6, 2023
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Improved surveillance capabilities allowed the U.S. administration to identify the Chinese spy balloon that traversed the country last week and detect similar flights during the Trump years, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Since President Joe Biden took office, the United States “enhanced our surveillance of our territorial airspace, we enhanced our…

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Biden Admin Detected Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Years Using ‘Enhanced’ Surveillance: Sullivan

February 6, 2023
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Improved surveillance capabilities allowed the U.S. administration to identify the Chinese spy balloon that traversed the country last week and detect similar flights during the Trump years, according to White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan. Since President Joe Biden took office, the United States “enhanced our surveillance of our territorial airspace, we enhanced our…

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Congressional Intel Leaders to Be Briefed on Trump, Pence, Biden Classified Documents

February 6, 2023
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A staffer for House Intelligence Committee Leader Michael Turner (R-Ohio) told The Epoch Times on Feb. 6 that Congressional intelligence leaders will be briefed this week on the classified documents cases involving President Biden, former President Trump, and former Vice President Mike Pence. Turner, the top intelligence Republican, first announced that briefings will take place…

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Balloon With 3 Hypersonic Missiles Tested by China in 2018

February 6, 2023
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Chinese state-owned television aired footage of a high-altitude balloon dropping hypersonic weapons in 2018. The stunning footage displays a high-altitude balloon, not dissimilar from the one that traversed over the United States last week, carrying three hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs) into high altitude and dropping them for testing. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on the…

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Balloon With Three Hypersonic Missiles Tested by China in 2018

February 6, 2023
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Chinese state-owned television aired footage of a high-altitude balloon dropping hypersonic weapons in 2018. The stunning footage displays a high-altitude balloon, not dissimilar from the one that traversed over the United States last week, carrying three hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs) into high altitude and dropping them for testing. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported on the…

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Ex-Trump Adviser John Bolton Responds to Claims of Chinese Spy Balloons During Trump Presidency

February 6, 2023
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Former national security adviser John Bolton said that it would be problematic if alleged Chinese spy balloons transited over the United States under the Trump administration without federal officials being notified at the time. There were a flurry of reports over the weekend, citing allegedly anonymous U.S. officials, that claimed Chinese balloons flew over the…

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CCP ‘Meteorological Research Balloon’ Is Affiliated With the Military: Analysts

February 6, 2023
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After the United States shot down the Chinese spy balloon on Saturday, Beijing protested and said it’s “the U.S. attack on a civilian unmanned airship by force.” But Chinese analysts agreed that the shooting down of the balloon was necessary to address the aggression of the Chinese regime. On Feb. 5, Beijing issued a statement…

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Virginia State Senators to Biden: Address Communist China’s Crimes

February 5, 2023
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FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va.—Virginia state senators Mark J. Peake (R-Lynchburg) and Chap Petersen (D-Fairfax) have written a joint letter asking President Joe Biden Biden to “address the crimes that the CCP [Chinese Communist Party] has committed along with the dangers that the party poses.” Citing the Chinese spy balloon flying over America for days before the…

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Amid Spy Balloon Controversy, Biden Admin Approves $2.1 Billion Aid Package to Defend Ukrainian Skies

February 5, 2023
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As national attention was captured by a Chinese surveillance balloon flying over the United States, the Biden administration has approved another $2.1 billion military aid package to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense arsenal. The package includes $425 million in arms and equipment drawn from existing U.S. stockpiles, as well as $1.75 billion in Ukraine Assistance Security…

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