Beijing Accuses America of ‘Information Warfare’ 

The communist regime repeats its claim that the large unmanned balloon was a civilian meteorological airship that had accidentally blown off course and says that America “overreacted” by shooting it down.

Chad Fish via AP
The Chinese balloon was struck by a missile from an F-22 fighter just off Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Chad Fish via AP

BEIJING — Communist China on Thursday said American accusations that a downed Chinese balloon was part of an extensive surveillance program amount to “information warfare against China.”

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