中国、日本の推定に「断固反対」　領空飛行の物体

　【北京時事】中国外務省の汪文斌副報道局長は１５日の記者会見で、日本が領空内で過去に確認された飛行物体を中国の偵察気球と推定したことに関し、「確証のないまま中国を攻撃することに断固反対だ」と反発した。その上で「客観的かつ公正な立場を維持し、米国の人為的な宣伝への追随をやめなければならない」と強調した。
　汪氏は、日本政府が気球などに対する武器使用基準の見直しを検討していることについても「米国に追随すべきではない」と訴えた。（2023/02/15-19:28）

China opposes Japan's claim that flying objects found in its airspace in the past included Chinese spy balloons, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Wednesday.
   Wang told a press conference that Beijing firmly opposes attacks against it without proof, arguing that Tokyo must maintain an objective and fair position and stop following U.S. propaganda.
   Regarding Tokyo's discussions on revising its criteria on weapons use to respond to spy balloon overflights, Wang repeated that Japan should not follow the United States.
   On U.S. media reports that the Chinese balloon shot down over the United States had reached the country's mainland unexpectedly, Wang stressed that the straying of the balloon was beyond his country's control, urging Washington not to overreact. He did not mention what the planned course of the balloon had been.
   Beijing has repeated since Monday a claim that U.S. balloons illegally entered its airspace around a dozen times since last year.