WASHINGTON – The fallout from shooting down a suspected Chinese spy balloon in the United States has spread and the event is no longer seen as a mere spat between two superpowers, with Washington sharing intelligence with allies and partners around the world on Beijing’s purported global surveillance balloon programme.
The Biden administration said that more than 40 countries across five continents had been targeted, and spent the past week sharing its knowledge of the programme via briefings in Washington and US embassies abroad.
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