US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin tried unsuccessfully to call his Chinese counterpart Wei Fenghe on Saturday after the US Air Force shot down the suspected Chinese spy balloon. A Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday that China did not respond to a request for a phone call between the two ministers.
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