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d. c. on thursday, the u. s. state department released what it called declassified information related to it. surveillance of the chinese spy balloon, which it shot down over the coast of south carolina on saturday. us officials are now on the defensive, trying to explain why they allowed this craft to cross u. s. air space for so many days. but the state department spokesperson, net price told reporters on thursday that it's not the u. s. that has anything to defend. it's the chinese government because it was engaging in what the u. s. is calling active surveillance. it's not surprising to hear them issue these types of denials. they're in a very difficult spot, but they're in a difficult spot because they placed themselves there. and they decided to take this action against the united states. they've decided i to leverage this program against dozens of countries around the world. i wouldn't say that we're seeking or organize at formal coalition of countries that have been subjected to this specific program. what i would say is

d. u. s. department of defense itself has stated that the balloon will not post a mandatory our prisoner threatened to grant to prison. now, the u. s. in this did are using force in disregard of china's repeated explanations, which is their obvious overreaction. a ton of defense minister says china now has the right to respond in kind. should something similar happen over china, while china's vice foreign minister share fung has complained to the u. s. embassy here and aging of what he says is an unnecessary use of force. he also says that washington is undermining efforts on both sides to help to stabilize the relationship which has been very fraught in recent years. over a growing list of disagreements, including the status of taiwan and the south china sea, it was hoped that antony lincoln's visit will help to improve the us china relationship. but that has now been postponed indefinitely. inequitable votes all being counted in a constitutional referendum on local elections. the referred to was proposed by the president, glamour law. so to counter a ways of crime and address environmental concer

d. c. where the state department says it's working with the israelis and the palestinians to help diffuse the situation. officials here at the u. s. state department say that they are very concerned and alarmed by what happened during that raid by israeli military forces in a building in occupied westbank town. nobliss on wednesday the u. s. is extending its condolences to those who were killed and to their families, primarily those of who were civilians not involved in any of the groups which the israeli say we're planning future attacks on site inside israel. now to the question of what the u. s. can do, given that it is trying to mitigate what it sees as a deteriorating situation between the palestinians and the israelis, the department spokesperson, that price said that it's not the position or the place for the u. s. government to issue threats to either party, even though there is concern about the status of relations between the 2 sides. and the concern for increased tensions in the wake of the rise of the new government of the prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who has made himself a party alongside a number of right wing