The House of Representatives voted to pass a resolution condemning China's use of the suspected surveillance balloon that was shot down by US Air Force jets.

Iran PressAmerica: The Chinese balloon first spotted over Montana and then shot down off the East Coast over the weekend — has been an issue that again inflamed tensions between Washington and Beijing and reignited calls for the US to take a more aggressive approach toward dealing with China.

The United States will explore taking action against entities connected to China’s military that supported the flight of a Chinese spy balloon into U.S. airspace last week, a senior State Department official said on Thursday.

Washington is confident that the manufacturer of the Chinese balloon, shot down by the U.S. military last weekend off the U.S. East Coast, has a “direct relationship” with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the official said in a statement. 219

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