Wei Fenghe, U.S. officials said, marking the latest sign that the already icy relationship between the two nations may be growing even colder after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon over the Atlantic Ocean last weekend.
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Following a rare meeting last month between Austin and his Chinese counterpart, Wei Fenghe, the Chinese side issued a statement saying, “The responsibility for the current situation facing China-U.S. relations is on the U.S. side, not on the Chinese side.”
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