China Threatens Retaliation Against U.S. For Downing Surveillance Balloon

Topline China intends to take unspecified “countermeasures” in response to the U.S. government shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean, an official suggested Wednesday, a...

After Restricting Balloon Overflights For 25 Years, China’s Protests Wear Thin

In the late 1990’s China repeatedly refused to permit balloon overflights. Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images Hours after U.S. jets shot down a sensor-packed Chinese surveillance balloon in U.S. airsp...