New images show Chinese spy balloons over Asia

New evidence of China’s spy balloon programme – including flights over Japan and Taiwan – has been uncovered by BBC Panorama. Japan has confirmed balloons have flown over its territory and said it’s prepared to shoot them down in future. China has not directly addressed the evidence presented by the BBC. US-China relations were thrown into turmoil earlier this year, when an alleged Chinese spy balloon was shot down off the US coast. China claimed the balloon seen over north-western US in late January was a civilian airship, used for scientific research such as meteorology – and that it was…