US President Joe Biden on Tuesday compared his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to “dictators” as he delivered a speech at a Democratic Party donor reception attended by journalists.
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Speaking at a campaign fundraiser in Northern California, Biden said Xi was angry about an incident in February when a Chinese balloon — which Washington says was being used for espionage — flew over the United States and was subsequently shot down by American fighter jets.
“The reason Xi Jinping got so angry when I shot down that balloon with two boxcars full of spy equipment is he didn't know it was there,” Biden said.
“I mean it. That was the great shame for dictators, when they didn't know what was happening.
