{"id":579092,"date":"2023-06-18T03:12:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-18T00:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-on-chinese-spy-balloon-it-was-more-embarrassing-than-it-was-intentional\/"},"modified":"2023-06-18T03:12:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T00:12:08","slug":"biden-on-chinese-spy-balloon-it-was-more-embarrassing-than-it-was-intentional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-on-chinese-spy-balloon-it-was-more-embarrassing-than-it-was-intentional\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden on Chinese spy balloon: \u2018It was more embarrassing than it was intentional\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/AP23168497476644-e1687047066679.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Biden said on Saturday that a Chinese spy balloon that spent a week hovering over the U.S. in early February was \u201cmore embarrassing\u201d for Beijing \u201cthan it was intentional.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think the leadership knew where it was and knew what was in it and knew what was going on,\u201d the president told reporters before heading to Philadelphia. \u201cIt was, I think it was more embarrassing than it was intentional.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAnd so, I\u2019m hoping that, over the next several months, I\u2019ll be meeting with [Chinese leader] Xi [Jinping] again and talking about legitimate differences we have but also how there\u2019s areas we can get along,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Antony Blinken landed in China on Sunday, becoming the first secretary of state to visit the country in five years, according to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/17\/world\/asia\/blinken-xi-china.html?searchResultPosition=1\">The New York Times<\/a>. He is set to\u00a0meet with his counterpart, Qin Gang.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> was initially planned for February but was postponed due to the spy balloon incident. The high-altitude balloon spent several days floating over the continental U.S., before it was shot down off the coast of South Carolina by the military.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to shoot down the balloon earned a sharp rebuke from Beijing, which\u00a0vowed\u00a0at the time to take \u201ccountermeasures in accordance with the law against the relevant U.S. entities that undermine China\u2019s sovereignty and security.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Republican senators have also called on\u00a0the Biden administration to produce a \u201cpublic accounting\u201d of his administration\u2019s assessment of the Chinese spy balloon and expressed frustration with the administration\u2019s alleged \u201cfailure to confront China\u2019s brazen threats to America\u2019s security and sovereignty.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. 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