China News Agency, Beijing, February 13 (Reporter Li Jingze) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin pointed out at a regular press conference on the 13th that the US's launch of advanced missiles to shoot down the unmanned airship was an overreaction of excessive force.
He said that the United States knows very well how many "spy" detection balloons the United States has launched in the world.
The international community can see clearly who is the world's largest "employment of spies and listeners".
A reporter asked, the United States has shot down four flying objects in the airspace of the United States and Canada, one of which is a Chinese airship.
Can you confirm that any or all of the other three flying objects belong to China?
Or is this just a coincidence?
"We have stated many times that the Chinese civilian unmanned airship strayed into the U.S. airspace, which was completely an accident and accident caused by force majeure." Wang Wenbin said.
"I don't understand the other so-called 'unidentified flying objects' you mentioned." Wang Wenbin told reporters that the US launched advanced missiles to shoot down the unmanned airship, which was an overreaction of too much force.
We have noticed that many people in the United States are questioning, apart from costing American taxpayers money, what real benefits can this practice bring to the United States and the American people?
Wang Wenbin pointed out that, in fact, the United States is the world's largest surveillance and reconnaissance country, with the world's largest spy network.
The US National Security Agency monitors text messages and phone calls of politicians in Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and other European countries.
The United States secretly installed monitoring equipment in nearly 100 of its embassies and consulates abroad to steal secrets from the host country.
According to the report of the new information security media "Anzai" last year, the US National Security Agency remotely stole 97 billion pieces of global Internet data and 124 billion phone records within 30 days, involving the personal privacy of a large number of citizens in various countries.
He said that not long ago, an American unmanned boat used to collect underwater information was discovered in the waters of Namibia. The local media generally believed that this unmanned boat was actually an American spy ship.
The United States knows very well how many "spy" detection balloons the United States has flown in the world.
The international community can see clearly who is the world's largest "employment of spies and listeners".
Another reporter asked, the US Department of Commerce has decided to blacklist six Chinese companies related to the so-called "Balloon Reconnaissance Project". What is China's comment on this?
What reciprocal measures might China take in this regard?
Wang Wenbin pointed out that China has always firmly opposed the United States' illegal unilateral sanctions and "long-arm jurisdiction" on Chinese institutions, enterprises and individuals.
He emphasized that the Chinese civilian unmanned airship strayed into the U.S. airspace was an accident and accident caused by force majeure, and China has explained the situation to the U.S. side many times.
However, the United States abused force, overreacted, and escalated the situation, which violated the spirit of international law and international practice. Now it is hyping up and intensifying, using this as an excuse to illegally sanction Chinese companies and institutions.
China is strongly dissatisfied and firmly opposed to this.
Wang Wenbin said that China will take necessary measures to resolutely safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese companies and institutions.
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