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may be slowing down. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites, appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. david willis is our correspondent in washington. officials here are saying that this chinese ...

connection to slavery. hello and welcome to bbc news. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites, appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. our correspondent david willis has more from washington. officials here are saying that this...

Been cancelled? i know that you said china wanted to be focusing a bit more perhaps domestically. it is always better but they speak then not speak. i think there was always going to be a difficulty in this trip had secretary of state blinken gone to china. what china wants is a timeout from friction. that is not the us wants. it wants or a floor comment on some rules for communication such that we can continue to pursue what resident biden wants to call extreme competition with china, while low...

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