china has tried to calm tensions after two chinese spy balloons were spotted over the united states and latin america. the chinese foreign ministry has spoken to the us secretary of state, antony blinken, after he cancelled his trip to china this weekend. beijing says the matter must be dealt with in a cool headed and prudent manner. our north america correspondent barbara plett usher reports from beijing. americans are looking up to spot the spy balloon in the sky. it s actually a weather balloon that blew off course, the chinese said. but the pentagon s convinced it s more than that and that it s not the only one. we re seeing reports of a balloon transiting latin america. we now assess it is another chinese surveillance balloon. the ballon burst plans for america s top diplomat antony blinken to travel to beijing for rare talks about covid, trade disputes and the security situation over taiwan, but mostly to calm sky high tensions. this crisis shows just how fragile re
Translator i am determined to clarify whether the governments Growth Strategy is right or wrong. And whether there are other ways to replace it. The main issue of the election is abenomics, the prime ministers economic policies. Le the last general election took place two years ago. A u. S. Congressional panel says chinas advancing military capabilities will challenge those of america and japan. The warning is in the u. S. China economic and security review commissions annual report. It says that chinese president xi jinping appears to have more control over policy than his predecess predecessor, and hes pursuing a more active role for china in regional and international affairs. The report indicates his approach is ratcheting up tension with japan over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea and with Southeast Asian nations over islands in the south china sea. China and taiwan claim them. The panel notes the Chinese Military is rapidly advancing its Space Development and has tested
Recovery to all corners of the nation. Translator i am determined to clarify whether the governments Growth Strategy is right or wrong. And whether there are other ways to replace it. The main issue of the election is abenomics, the prime ministers economic policies. Le the last general election took place two years ago. A u. S. Congressional panel says chinas advancing military capabilities will challenge those of america and japan. The warning is in the u. S. China economic and security review commissions annual report. It says that chinese president xi jinping appears to have more control over policy than his predecess predecessor, and hes pursuing a more active role for china in regional and international affairs. The report indicates his approach is ratcheting up tension with japan over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea and with Southeast Asian nations over islands in the south china sea. China and taiwan claim them. The panel notes the Chinese Military is rapidly advancin
And well show you how a Japanese Pop Group is gaining popularity for their approach to keeping the country clean. Voters in japan have a date to mark on their calendars. Prime minister shinzo abe dissolved the lower house of the diet and set a general election for december 14th. Abe has been in office since december 2012. He says hes seeking public support for his Economic Policy known as abenomics. The speaker of the chamber declared the dissolution. The Campaign Officially starts on december 2nd, and people will cast their ballots 12 days later. Prime minister abe is framing the vote as a choice between abenomics and other alternatives. Translator through the election campaign, i would like to ask the people whether our economic policies are right or wrong. Id like to ask the public whether there are any other options. Abe says his government has increased employment, income and corporate profits. He said his economic policies rectified excessive depreciation of the yen, put an end t