Biden Says ‘U.S. Not Seeking Conflict with China’ After Warnings Over Spy Balloon

Joe Biden says Washington is not looking for a conflict with China, shortly after warning Beijing against what he called threats to American sovereignty. “We’re going to compete fully with China, but… we’re not looking for conflict — and that’s been the case so far,” Biden told PBS on Wednesday. His latest remarks came after he starkly warned China during his State of the Union speech on Tuesday, after the Pentagon took down a Chinese balloon off the coast of South Carolina. China insists that the balloon was merely conducting weather research, but the Pentagon claimed it was a high-tech…