US has had contacts with China over 'spy balloon': Pentagon official

五角大楼官员：美国与中国就“间谍气球”进行了接触

WASHINGTON: The United States has communicated with Beiing on the alleged Chinese surveillance balloon shot down on February 4, after Pentagon overtures were rebuffed for days, a defense official said Sunday.

"There have been contacts made with the PRC on the high altitude balloon," assistant secretary of defense Melissa Dalton told reporters, referring to the People's Republic of China.

华盛顿：一名国防官员周日表示，美国已就2月4日中国监控气球被击落一事与中方进行了沟通，此前几天，五角大楼的提议遭到了拒绝。

国防部助理部长梅丽莎·道尔顿在谈到中国时对记者表示：“在高空气球上与中国进行了接触。”。

US defense secretary Lloyd Austin asked to speak with Chinese counterparts shortly after an Air Force fighter shot down the Chinese balloon off the US east coast after it had traversed the entire country for days.

But he got no response, even though the incident prompted Secretary of State Antony Blinken to cancel a long-planned diplomatic mission to Beiing.

美国国防部长劳埃德·奥斯汀要求与中国同行通话，此前不久，一架空军战斗机在美国东海岸击落了中国气球，该气球已在美国全境飞行数天。

但他没有得到回应，尽管这一事件促使国务卿布林肯取消了计划已久的访华之旅

以下是印度时报读者的评论：

rkfromusa

Hahahhaha yea. Chyna REFUSED to pick up calls by scared woke US generals. Under trump first off no spy balloon would be allowed CHYNA is literally laughing at our planted prez

哈哈，是的。中国拒绝接听被吓醒的美国将军的电话。要是特朗普当总统，是不允许间谍气球进来的。中国在嘲笑我们的总统啊

Ganesh Shastr
Once US analyzes what they recovered from Atlantic Ocean the world will know whether this was weather balloon or a spy balloon?

从大西洋中捞取气球残骸后，一旦经过分析，全世界就会知道这是气象气球还是间谍气球？

Mohsin M. Rahman•
Nothing will be Disclosed...........all info. would remain "CLASSIFIED".

不会披露任何内容的。所有信息都会被归类为“绝密”

kapoor
Whatever the results of the analysis, I doubt anyone outside the US intelligence community will know the whole truth.

无论分析结果如何，我怀疑美国情报界以外的人都不会知道全部真相。

Mohsin M. Rahman
They are afraid of stable Governments & prefers Conflicts which boosts their Arms Sales.

他们（美国人）害怕各国稳定，更喜欢挑起冲突，然后推销他们的军火

Mohsin M. Rahman
The US attacked IRAQ on the Pretext of having WMD (Weapons of Mass Destruction) & destroyed the Country, later confessed "It had false Information".

美国以伊拉克有大规模杀伤性武器（WMD）为借口，肆意攻击伊拉克，并摧毁了该国，后来承认“它掌握了虚假信息”。

mmmm
GOOD for nothing senile JOBI and the dems are dangerous not only to the USA, but also to its allies and partners. The sooner dems leave WH, the better the USA and the world.

老迈的乔拜登和民 主党不仅对美国，而且对其盟友和伙伴都是危险的。拜登越早离开白宫，对美国乃至世界就越好。

Vinod
We beat them sticks....americans ask for permission..

我们打败了他们。美国人请求批准

Harsh Tewari

It's called impotent rage. the Chinese know that they can't do a thing

这叫做无能的愤怒。中国人知道自己无能为力

Hitesh

They can get their chumcha's the Pakistani's to issue a statement in support of China's actions. This will be in return for rolling over their debt for another 3 months, but no chance of debt forgiveness.

他们可以让巴基斯坦朋友发表声明支持中国。作为回报，让债务再延期3个月，但不是免除债务

Anirudhashok Oslo

Chinese are just too embarrassed that the US has humiliated them so very badly.

中国人这下尴尬了，被美国羞辱了

Sunny

China thinks world take them as white clothed saints, but reality is it is completely opposite.

中国认为世界把他们视为白衣圣人，但事实却完全相反。