Top US general offers ‘rational’ take on China’s military progress, analyst says
Mark Milley’s impartial view may be good sign of desire in Washington to ease tensions with Beijing, observer saysIn interviews with two US broadcasters, Milley weighs in on the ‘spy balloon’ saga, Taiwan and PLA modernisationUS-China relationsMinnie ChanPublished: 6:00am, 20 Sep, 2023Why you can trust SCMP
The Chinese balloon spent a week flying over the United States and Canada before being shot down off the Atlantic Coast on orders from President Joe Biden.
Beijing has consistently denied that the object was a “spy balloon”, but it was an unmanned airship used for meteorological survey that was accidentally blown off course and drifted into American airspace.