Blinken: China's balloon incursion 'must never happen again'

We can met with China's foreign minister Wang Yi on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. Blinken confronted Wang directly about the suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down by the US two weeks ago. Blinken said he gave a stern warning, saying it was unacceptable and can never happen again. But the Chinese diplomat offered no apology, in fact, Wang doubled down on the claim that it was

a private craft and even called the US's response an abuse of the use of force. We have very clearly told the United States this is an unmanned airship that is civilian in nature, regrettably. The United States disregard these facts and use advanced fighter jets and downed a balloon with its missiles. In an interview with NBC's Meet the Press, Blinken also voiced concern that China is aiding

the Russians in the war in Ukraine with non-lethal military assistance.