No U, alleges China, claiming that the U.S. has ship 10 balloons of its personal into their airspace in latest months. The U.S. denies it.

Beijing’s accusations got here after the US shot down what it mentioned was a Chinese language spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina this month and subsequently downed three different objects, most just lately on the weekend. “It is quite common that the US intrudes [into] others’ airspace,” Chinese language overseas ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin mentioned on Monday. “Simply final 12 months, greater than 10 American high-altitude balloons illegally flew by Chinese language airspace with out permission from the related Chinese language authorities.” Inside hours the White Home rejected the claims as “false”, saying it had by no means operated “surveillance balloons” over China. “That is the most recent instance of China scrambling to do harm management,” mentioned Adrienne Watson, the US Nationwide Safety Council spokesperson.

In the meantime, water utilities within the Ohio watershed are getting antsy about that rail crash and it is receiving solely cursory reportage.