February 11, 2023 5:19pm EST
China mocks Biden for knocking down balloons with fighter jets: ‘Hysterical,’ ‘laughably juvenile’
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By Peter Kasperowicz | Fox News
News outlets owned by the Chinese Communist Party say President Biden has only managed to make the U.S. military look weaker by pitting fighter jets against a surveillance balloon and an unknown "object," and cast China as the responsible party in the relationship while blaming the U.S. for holding a "hysterical" position on China.
"The Joe Biden administration's handling of the Chinese balloon case last week was meant to showcase the United States' strategic strength amid fierce attacks by Republicans and the low approval ratings of U.S. official," said an op-ed that appeared in China Daily, the country’s largest news outlet. "But instead it has shown to the world how immature and irresponsible — indeed hysterical — the U.S. has been in dealing with the case."
That op-ed, which also appeared in the People’s Daily — another state-owned media source — said Biden’s unpopularity in the U.S. and pressure from Republicans to get tough on China is what prompted Biden to "overreact" to the balloon incident.
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