China has urged “cool-headed” handling of a dispute over a giant Chinese balloon heading for the eastern US.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken before called off a visit to Beijing, saying the” surveillance” balloon’s presence was” an reckless act”.

latterly the US reported a alternate Chinese balloon floating over Latin America.

China expressed remorse over the balloon over the US, saying it was a rainfall airship that had been blown amiss. It was last spotted over Missouri.

It’s anticipated to reach America’s east seacoast near the Carolinas this weekend.

The US has decided not to shoot down the high- altitude airship due to the peril of falling debris,

In a statement on Saturday, the Chinese foreign ministry said Beijing” noway violated the home and airspace of any autonomous country”.

It said it had bandied the incident with Mr Blinken, stressing that maintaining communication channels at all situations was important,” especially in dealing with some unanticipated situations in a calm and dependable manner”.

And it added that” some politicians and media in the United States used the incident as a rationale to attack and smear China.”

According to US officers, the airship floated over Alaska and Canada before appearing over the US state of Montana, which is home to a number of sensitive nuclear bullet spots.

The incident infuriated top US officers, with Mr Blinken saying he’d told Beijing the balloon’s presence was” a clear violation of US sovereignty and transnational law” and” an reckless act”. He called it” inferior” and” indeed more reckless coming on the dusk of a long- planned visit”.

America’s top diplomat had been set to visit Beijing from 5 to 6 February to hold addresses on a wide range of issues, including security, Taiwan and Covid- 19. It would have been the first high- position US- China meeting there in times.

But on Thursday, US defense officers blazoned they were tracking a giant surveillance balloon over the US.

In a statement on Saturday, the Chinese foreign ministry said Beijing” noway violated the home and airspace of any autonomous country”.

It said it had bandied the incident with Mr Blinken, stressing that maintaining communication channels at all situations was important,” especially in dealing with some unanticipated situations in a calm and dependable manner”.

According to US officers, the airship floated over Alaska and Canada before appearing over the US state of Montana, which is home to a number of sensitive nuclear bullet spots.

The incident infuriated top US officers, with Mr Blinken saying he’d told Beijing the balloon’s presence was” a clear violation of US sovereignty and transnational law” and” an reckless act”.

America’s top diplomat had been set to visit Beijing from 5 to 6 February to hold addresses on a wide range of issues, including security, Taiwan and Covid- 19. It would have been the first high- position US- China meeting there in times.

But on Thursday, US defense officers blazoned they were tracking a giant surveillance balloon over the US.