China claimed to be a victim of a double standard on Monday pertaining to press coverage of rocket debris that plummeted into the Indian Ocean after causing a worldwide stir.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying defended the regime’s handling of the Long March 5B, the core of which plunged into the water near the Maldive Islands at about 2:24 a.m. on Sunday local time. Chunying, citing an early April launch by SpaceX that saw debris hit the Washington and Oregon coasts, claimed Beijing was being treated unfairly after a wave of press coverage and backlash from space authorities.
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