China threatens to punish the US for shooting down its spy balloon that floated past sensitive military sites before a jet shot it out of the sky

• China threatened to punish the US on Wednesday for shooting down its massive balloon. 
• A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Beijing "will take countermeasures" against the US.
• Beijing has repeatedly insisted that the US "overreacted" by shooting down the balloon.

China on Wednesday threatened to punish the United States by taking "countermeasures" against it for the shooting down of its massive balloon that the Pentagon says was being used to try to surveil sensitive military sites.