Biden, asked if relations with China have taken a big hit, says no

U.S. President Joe Biden told PBS NewsHour on Wednesday relations with China have not taken a big hit and that the United States would compete with Beijing but was not looking for conflict after Washington downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon.

U.S. President Joe Biden told PBS NewsHour on Wednesday relations with China have not taken a big hit and that the United States would compete with Beijing but was not looking for conflict after Washington downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon. Asked if relations between the U.S. and China had taken a big hit, Biden said: "No, no."

"I talk to them. I've talked to Xi Jinping before, and our team talks to their people," Biden said. China says the airship was used for meteorological and other scientific purposes.

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