Chinese Officials Request U.S. to Turn Over Surveillance Balloon
In an address to U.S. officials on Tuesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning requested that the U.S. government return possession of the remains of the recently shot-down surveillance balloon back to China. “The airship does not belong to the U.S. It belongs to China," Ning was quoted as saying. Although many in the intelligence community believe that the balloon transmitted compromising surveillance data to China during its flight over the U.S., Ning and other Chinese government officials continue to claim that the balloon was “civilian in nature” and posed no threat to U.S. national security. Read More