Correspondent in Asia
Joe Biden did not miss the opportunity to tease his Chinese rival in the midst of a “ balloon
” crisis
which is souring relations between the two leading world powers.
“
Find me a single leader ready to swap places with
Xi Jinping
… I can’t find one
,” said the American president, in the wake of his State of the Union address, where he is posed as a defender of
"American sovereignty
" in the face of China.
“
This man has a lot of problems
”, in particular “
an economy that does not work well
”, insisted Joe Biden, in front of the cameras of PBS television.
Beijing immediately castigated the "
totally irresponsible
" remarks of the White House, after having sharply denounced the decision to shoot down its balloon over the Atlantic on February 4, even demanding that Washington repatriate the debris.
A request swept away by the Pentagon, which methodically dissects the recovered device, claiming that it is indeed a sophisticated spy tool capable…
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