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Washington, Feb 8 (IANS) US President Joe Biden cited the shooting down of a Chinese spy balloon last week to warn Beijing that Washington "will act" if its sovereignty was threatened. Delivering his second State of the Union address, an annual homily by a US President of past achievements and future plans, Biden used the shooting of the balloon -- without going into specifics -- to engage in some saber-rattling at Beijing even as sought to frame the relationship with China as a competition rather than a conflict. "As we made clear last week, if China threatens our sovereignty, we will…