As the rift between the US and China over the balloon saga widens, so has the divide within the global community scrutinising their high-stakes dispute.
The latest testy exchange took place on Saturday, when US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met China’s foreign affairs minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich, in the first high-level meeting since the row began.
Mr Blinken said they would not “stand for any violation of our sovereignty” and said “this irresponsible act must never again occur”. Mr Wang, meanwhile, called the episode a “political farce manufactured by the US” and accused them of “using all means to block and suppress China”.
China continues to deny that they sent a spy balloon, even as the US continues to disclose more details of the object to back up their allegation.
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