Revealed! Blinken wanted to protect China as spy balloons were flying overhead

Held back on human rights-related sanctions and more

When Chinese balloons started floating over the United States a few weeks back, apparently spying on infrastructure and dispatching secret information back to Beijing, a top Biden official actually was working to protect China, according to a new report.

Reuters documented that while some officials "were confident" the episode would trigger a slate of actions, "Instead, the U.S. State Department held back human rights-related sanctions, export controls and other sensitive actions to try to limit damage to the U.S.-China relationship."

The report cited sources with direct knowledge of U.S. policy, as well as internal emails seen by Reuters.

"The delays to items on the department's 'competitive actions' calendar, a classified rolling list of steps the Biden administration has planned related to China, have alarmed some U.S. officials and revealed a divide between those in the U.S. government pushing for tougher action against China and others advocating a more restrained approach," the report said.

While the State Department publicly was expressing unhappiness over the spy balloons spotted above some of America's military installations, it also did postpone Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Beijing.

But, the report said, U.S. officials actually were pushing...

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