The U.S. military is working to recover the remnants of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that was shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday.
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The U.S. believes the balloon was monitoring sensitive military sites.
Its discovery set off a diplomatic crisis, with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling off this weekend’s trip to China.
The Chinese authorities denied it was used for spying and insisted it was a weather ship blown astray.
The incident strained relations between China and the U.S., with the Pentagon calling it an "unacceptable violation" of its sovereignty.
The Chinese government has admitted a second balloon spotted over Latin America on Friday is from China – but claimed it is intended for civilian use, the BBC said.