Freak accident or calculated move? What China’s spy balloon over the US may be about

China’s test of resolve was met head-on by the US. Indeed, clearer skies might mark the way ahead for bilateral ties between the superpowers.

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I wrung my hands this week over the ruckus raised as a Chinese “spy balloon” drifted across the US until it was shot down.

Western media has decried Chinese surveillance and condemned the infringement of US sovereignty. US politicians are baying for blood, with Republicans pressing the White House for answers to why a spy balloon was allowed into the country’s airspace and whether national security had been compromised.

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