beijing bureau chief steven jiang joins us live with details. this really has gripped the nation, this story. >> that's right, because it's so shocking and gruesome because abby choi was not just murdered but dismembered. on sunday, investigators sound a skull and harrir and ribs in a large pot. and in a northern suburb, they also found a meat slicer, electric saw and some clothing. as of now, some parts of her body including the torso remain missing. that's why police at one point deployed more than 100 personnel including divers in search of their researches. we know that the ex-husband alex wang and three of his family members have been charged. despite the details, one thing we have not found out is why. the most tiff despite speculation, authorities have not confirmed anything. obviously, a lot of intense interest in abby choi who was a model with exposure often seen photographed at fashion shows with luxury brands from london to paris to shanghai. and also was an influencer with more than 100,000 followers on instagram. but all of that, of

. >> steven jiang live from beijing with the latest for us. even, any reaction from the chinese government? >> reporter: christine, all the dividing confusion, you mentioned within the u.s. intelligence community and all the u.s. domestic politics we just heard have made it a bit easier for the chinese to push back. and that's exactly what they just did with the foreign ministry official saying it was, quote, highly unlikely the virus was leaked from a wuhan lab. based on the studies of the whoe w.h.o. early calling it scientific and authoritativive urging the u.s. to stop politicizing this issue. and the irony is that china has not stop the politicizing this time and again saying the virus was leaked from a u.s. environmental lab without any evidence. not to mention what they just cited was conducted in a highly coordinated environment and being doubted by experts around the world. one thing that the latest assessment from the department of energy is that the lab leak theory is gaining traction, such as new researches at the wuhan lab fell mys

steven jiang is covering this live from beijing. what has china had to sayindisc? >> reporter: yeah, i just returned from the chinese foreign daily briefing and i asked the spokeswoman several questions about this spy balloon. and she did not reject the pent gone officials remarks, but gave a rather vague response saying we are aware of reports of the balloon and are trying to understand the circumstances and verify the details of the situation. i'd like to stress that before it becomes clear what happened, any deliberate speculation or hyping up will not help the handling of the matter. china is a responsible country, we act in accordance with international law and have no intention of violating other country's air space and hope relevant parties will handle the matter in a cool handed way. so this muted response gives some credence to this analysis by some american experts that the revelation was deliberate on part of some of the u.s. officials ahead of the blinken visit to put the chinese on the back foot to allow the secretary to address this issue with them mo

. >> let's go live to steven jiang. >> reporter: and the chinese are doubling down on their claim and saying that it is the u.s. that needs to investigate this allegation and give them a proper answer. but again, without presenting any concrete proof. when asked about evidence, they simply dodge the question. but remember these reports i told you yesterday that over the weekend state media reported that the chinese has spot the ufo off their own coast. that story seemed to have vanished as well. so a lot of the narrative is directed at their domestic audience at a time when national sentiments are strong on both sides when tensions are high between the two governments. but that is the concern now according to many analysts, you know, for example this could embolden the chinese military down the road to target u.s. reconnaissance assets in the region and unmanned craft. but there is also a glimmer of hope now that is this coming weekend there is this narrow weekend when both countries top diplomats both men will be in munich for a security conference. so there is speculation that they

let's bring in beijing bureau chief steven jiang. even, what is china saying about the downing of this balloon? well, christine, they're accusing the u.s. of overreacting which is ironic in the eyes of many people gimp their usual obsession with sovereignty and national security. but i do want to mention one late breaking development that is a short while ago, china for the first time admitted a second balloon spotted in the skies over latin america last week was also theirs. and they're very much sticking to the same story line claiming that was also a civilian vessel used for testing flights but it drifted off course, according to the weather. a foreign ministry official explained the situation to relevant governments according to her, those governments have expressed their understanding that obviously is is not the reaction they got from the u.s. which is why we have heard from their defense ministry issuing the vague threat to the u.s. but also from the foreign ministry repeating the condemnation and accusations shooting down the

cnn's steven jiang live from beijing. steven, what are we hearing from the chinese government?reporter: christine, the latest from beijing is chinese officials declined to answer any specific questions regarding the three objects shot down in the u.s. and canada over the weekend. but they did seem to determine to try to turn the tables on the u.s., accusing the u.s. of being the quote-unquote world's biggest spying empire. just a short while ago, a chinese military official revealed an interesting piece of information. here's what he said. >> translator: it is also common for u.s. balloons to illegally enter the airspace of other countries. since last year alone, u.s. high altitude balloons have illegally blown over china's airspace more than ten times without any a proval from relevant chinese authorities. the first thing for the u.s. to do is instrospect itself and change course. >> reporter: so what he seems to say this kind of occurrence is fairly common in the past. despite both parties, it was the u.s. deciding to blow this out of perspective due to geopolitical speculati

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