<p>Chinese weather balloon manufacturer Zhuzhou Rubber Research & Design Institute said it had no connection to the balloon shot down by the United States earlier this month and was not a military company.</p>.<p>Zhuzhou Rubber, a unit of Chinese state chemical giant ChemChina, said it "is mainly engaged in manufacturing sounding balloons of natural latex in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations".</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="http://: https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/chinese-balloon-saga-is-part-of-a-long-history-of-us-china-tensions-1192805.html" target="_blank">Chinese balloon saga is part of a long history of US-China tensions</a></strong></p>.<p>"Our products are used for daily weather forecasting by weather stations, and do NOT have any connection with the so-called and reported US balloon incident," it said in a statement posted on ChemChina's website.</p>.<p>A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, which Beijing denies was a government spy vessel, flew over the United States and Canada for a week before being shot down off the Atlantic Coast on US President Joe Biden's orders.</p>.<p>China has called the US handling of the balloon incident "hysterical" and an "absurd" act that violated international norms.</p>.<p>The manufacture of weather balloons in China is dominated by Zhuzhou Rubber, which makes 75 per cent of high-altitude balloons used by the China Meteorological Administration, the country's regulator of state-owned firms said in a statement last year. </p>
<p>Chinese weather balloon manufacturer Zhuzhou Rubber Research & Design Institute said it had no connection to the balloon shot down by the United States earlier this month and was not a military company.</p>.<p>Zhuzhou Rubber, a unit of Chinese state chemical giant ChemChina, said it "is mainly engaged in manufacturing sounding balloons of natural latex in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations".</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="http://: https://www.deccanherald.com/international/world-news-politics/chinese-balloon-saga-is-part-of-a-long-history-of-us-china-tensions-1192805.html" target="_blank">Chinese balloon saga is part of a long history of US-China tensions</a></strong></p>.<p>"Our products are used for daily weather forecasting by weather stations, and do NOT have any connection with the so-called and reported US balloon incident," it said in a statement posted on ChemChina's website.</p>.<p>A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon, which Beijing denies was a government spy vessel, flew over the United States and Canada for a week before being shot down off the Atlantic Coast on US President Joe Biden's orders.</p>.<p>China has called the US handling of the balloon incident "hysterical" and an "absurd" act that violated international norms.</p>.<p>The manufacture of weather balloons in China is dominated by Zhuzhou Rubber, which makes 75 per cent of high-altitude balloons used by the China Meteorological Administration, the country's regulator of state-owned firms said in a statement last year. </p>