Chinese vice-premier to visit South Africa, Greece
Sun Chunlan will hold the third meeting of the China-South Africa High-Level People-to-People Exchange Mechanism from February 15 to 22.
Sun Chunlan will hold the third meeting of the China-South Africa High-Level People-to-People Exchange Mechanism from February 15 to 22.
According to the Foreign Ministry, President Xi Jinping will hold the talks to "jointly chart the course for and navigate the future development of bilateral relations."
China’s accusation widened a dispute with the United States that began after the US military shot down on Feb 4 what it says was a Chinese spy balloon.
Mr Biden had called for US investment in the military, technology and alliances to take on the country widely viewed as the US’ chief competitor.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said the frequent US military interventions and harsh economic sanctions on Syria have caused great civilian casualties.
Vice-Foreign Minister Xie Feng said that the US obviously overreacted, and seriously violated the spirit of international law and international practice.
A successful recovery could potentially give the US insight into China’s spying capabilities, though US officials have downplayed the balloon’s impact on national security.
It is unclear whether the decision was linked to the balloon, which China said was gathering climate data and the US later shot down.
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