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Blinken has postponed a planned visit to China following the detection of a suspected spy balloon

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a planned visit to China
following the detection of a suspected spy balloon over the United
States which Beijing has claimed is a civilian airship which blew off
course. Blinken was expected to travel on Sunday for a visit which
included a landmark meeting with President Xi Jinping. The trip was
postponed on Friday morning after the balloon was detected earlier this
week and monitored flying worryingly close to sensitive nuclear sites in
Montana. The detection of the balloon triggered alarm in the White House
and the Pentagon - and sparked calls for the US military to shoot it
down. Beijing had urged calm while it established the 'facts' before a
statement on Friday morning said the balloon was a meteorological
research device that had 'deviated far from its planned course'.

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