China urges restraint as U.S. military searches for balloon remnants

By Yew Lun Tian and David Lawder BEIJING/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Beijing on Monday urged Washington to show restraint as the U.S. military searched for remnants of what it believes was a Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down over the Atlantic but which China says was a civilian craft that accidentally drifted astray. The balloon drama has further strained tense relations, prompting Washington to cancel a planned visit over the weekend to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken. A U.S. fighter jet shot down the balloon off South Carolina on Saturday after the military had tracked its pat…

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