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The Pentagon says the Chinese balloon shot down off the South Carolina coast was part of a large surveillance program that China has been conducting for “several years.”

President Joe Biden discussed relations with China in his State of the Union speech.

U.S. officials say that efforts ordered by President Joe Biden to strengthen defenses against Chinese espionage helped identify last week’s spy balloon — and determine that similar flights were conducted at multiple points during the Trump administration. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Monday that after Biden took office, the U.S. “enhanced our surveillance of our territorial airspace,...

China has accused the United States of indiscriminate use of force when the American military shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon Saturday, saying it seriously impacted and damaged both sides’ progress in stabilizing Sino-U.S. relations.

Video posted to social media appears to show the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down over Conway, S.C.

The U.S. has downed a Chinese surveillance balloon off the Carolina coast, according to a U.S. official.

President Joe Biden was asked if he was going to shoot down the Chinese balloon that has been traveling over U.S. airspace

A massive white orb sweeping across U.S. airspace has triggered a diplomatic maelstrom and is blowing up on social media.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday addressed the presence of a Chinese surveillance balloon over the United States, calling it a “clear violation of U.S. sovereignty and international law.”

A huge, high-altitude Chinese balloon sailed across the U.S. on Friday, drawing severe Pentagon accusations of spying on sensitive military sites despite China’s firm denials. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly canceled a high-stakes Beijing trip aimed at easing U..S.-China tensions.

The government has been monitoring a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been hovering over the northern U.S. for the past few days, and they have discussed shooting it out of the sky, according to two U.S. officials and a senior defense official.

A Chinese official says eight people died in the sinking of a cargo ship in waters between Japan and South Korea.

Ships searching in wind-whipped waters between South Korea and Japan have picked up at least 14 of the 22 crew members from a cargo ship that sank early Wednesday.

The Lunar New Year is the most important annual holiday in China. Each year is named after one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac in a repeating cycle, with this year being the Year of the Rabbit.

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that he was “deeply concerned” about the Chinese government’s artificial intelligence program, asserting that it was “not constrained by the rule of law.”

The move comes after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered in December that the app be removed from any government-issued devices.

President Joe Biden is set to host Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte for talks.

China was widely expected Tuesday to report its first population decline in decades.

The Chinese military has been holding large-scale joint combat strike drills since Sunday, sending war planes and navy vessels toward Taiwan. Both the Chinese and Taiwanese defense ministries have confirmed the drills. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said Monday morning that China’s People’s Liberation Army flew 57 warplanes and four ships toward Taiwan over the course of 24 hours between...

First international travelers are arriving in China without the mandatory quarantine that had been imposed at the start of the pandemic three years ago. The easing of border restrictions comes even as the virus continues to spread in China amid what critics say is a lack of transparency from Beijing. More foreign governments are imposing testing requirements on travelers from...