The incident has sparked a diplomatic spat between the US and the China. (File)

Beijing:

China at present accused Joe Biden of “saying one factor and doing one other” in a direct rebuke of the US president’s determination to shoot down an alleged Chinese language spy balloon this month.

Relations between Beijing and Washington have additional soured since Biden ordered the army to take down the inflatable, which america claims was surveilling American territory.

Chinese language officers have vociferously denied the accusation, insisting the system was a wayward climate remark plane with no army function.

The incident has sparked a diplomatic spat, with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken saying in a tweet Sunday that he had “condemned the incursion” in a gathering with China’s prime diplomat Wang Yi.

Requested in regards to the tweet by Chinese language state broadcaster CCTV on Wednesday, China’s international ministry stated Blinken had “uttered wild phrases and confused black with white”.

The shootdown was “100% abuse of army power, 100% overreaction, 100% hysteria”, spokesman Wang Wenbin stated at an everyday press convention.

He accused Washington of “fabricating a story”.

Biden “has repeatedly vowed publicly that he doesn’t search a brand new Chilly Conflict and has no intention of battle with China”, the spokesman stated.

“We hope that he, because the chief of a serious energy, can preserve his phrase and practise what he preaches, as a substitute of claiming one factor and doing one other.”

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