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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 balloon was brought down about six miles off the coast of south carolina by a single missile fired b...

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 chinese balloon was brought down about six miles off the coast of south carolina by a single missil...

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 lowering the danger this would result in war. so those are two very different goals. china, to date, re...

The united states thatjust as our flights and crusie around taiwan, what china sees as its sovereign territory, threatens them, they see it as a threat, but that is sheer speculation. it really doesn't make sense that china would do something which damages its own interests right now. which damages its own interests riaht now. ., ,., ., ., , right now. how important was the us secretary _ right now. how important was the us secretary of _ right now. how important was the us secretary of state's . the us secretary of state's trip, which has now been cancelled? i know that you said china wanted ...