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China Demands U.S. Abandon Taiwan and Apologize for Shooting Down Spy Balloon
PJ Media ^ | 02/20/2023 | Catherine Salgado

Posted on 02/20/2023 4:25:00 PM PST by SeekAndFind

After claiming its spy balloon was a harmless weather balloon and angrily condemning the Biden administration for shooting the balloon down (after it crossed the continental U.S.), the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is now not only demanding that the U.S. take all the blame for the incident but also that the U.S. abandon its unofficial ally Taiwan. As usual, the genocidal CCP is uninhibited by any interest in truth or justice.

CCP state propaganda outlet Xinhua News published a statement from a Chinese Foreign Ministry (FM) spokesman on Feb. 19. The spokesman said that China acceded to a U.S. request and that Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, unofficially met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken “on the margins of the Munich Security Conference.” That wording itself practically drips with disdain.

And just as during the spy balloon debacle, Wang issued sort of ultimatum, steadily insisting that the CCP — which has planted spies in every sector of U.S. society and government and has police stations in New York and Los Angeles — is thoroughly righteous and free from blame.

Wang accused the U.S. of “an abuse of the use of force and violation of customary international practice and the International Civil Aviation Covenant” by shooting down the spy balloon, which the CCP has claimed was a weather balloon accidentally driven off course. Wang accused America of being the “number one country in terms of surveillance,” saying the U.S. “illegally” flew balloons over China a number of times.

What the U.S. needs to do is to demonstrate sincerity, and face up to and resolve the damage that its abuse of force has done to China-U.S. relations.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: apology; balloongate; balloonpantsblinken; catherinesalgado; ccp; china; chinaspyballoon; chinesespyballoon; communism; kiddietableblinken; shartpantsblinken; shortpantsblinken; spyballoon; taiwan; wangyi
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To: buwaya
"I distinctly recall that it was the local Putinists who were saying that the US shouldn’t go to war over Taiwan."

That sure as hell isn't me. I can hold more than one idea in my mind at a time. I am not anti-American and neither are the others who think the Ukraine War is a huge strategic mistake and a source of graft for the Military Industrial Complex. I want America armed to the teeth but I don't want to pay $600 for toilet seats either.

41 posted on 02/20/2023 7:24:01 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (The Ukraine is dead, the head just doesn't know it yet.)
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To: SeekAndFind

No.

Now get out of Tibet!


42 posted on 02/20/2023 8:23:06 PM PST by TigersEye (The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
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To: SeekAndFind
Dear Xi:


43 posted on 02/20/2023 8:38:03 PM PST by Candor7 ( ( Ask not for whom THE Trump trolls...He trolls for thee!))
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To: SeekAndFind
Didn't they say that it wasn't their balloon just a bit ago?

And some people were running around like their hair was on fire screaming about how could we know that it was actually a Chinese balloon?

At some point they need to start being consistent.

44 posted on 02/20/2023 8:42:05 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m tired of threats from these commie a**holes!


45 posted on 02/20/2023 11:30:35 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
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To: SeekAndFind

US should tell China to abandon Taiwan, and as for the spy balloon, tell Xi Jinpig to GFHS and the balloon he rode in on. If they own the balloon, there should be sanctions against the PRC for invading US air space. What Brandon does remains to be seen.


46 posted on 02/21/2023 3:28:31 AM PST by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’ve got your apology right here should be the response regarding the spy balloon. The Taiwan issue is a bit more complicated. Is it China or independent?
We kowtowed to no decision since the commies won their mainland civil war. They obviously are making a parallel with Russia and Ukraine. IMO once we exhaust our resolve in Ukraine and further BK the treasury they will move on Taiwan.


47 posted on 02/21/2023 4:52:12 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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