Was Beijing trying to sabotage talks with the US, monitor the speed of its military response, or just test Joe Biden’s mettle?
A jet flies by the suspected Chinese spy balloon after shooting it down off the coast close to Surfside Beach, South Carolina, US.A jet flies by the suspected Chinese spy balloon after shooting it down off the coast close to Surfside Beach, South Carolina, US.Last modified on Sun 5 Feb 2023 00.
Either this was a case of the left hand not knowing what the right was doing, or it was possibly a deliberate attempt to sabotage any tension-soothing the Blinken trip might have achieved. Perhaps the intention was to monitor the military response, to see how soon the balloon would be spotted and how quickly fighter jets would be scrambled.sent three balloons over US territory during the Trump administration, without a military response, although those earlier flights do not appear to have traversed nearly so much US territory. Beijing was possibly testing Biden’s mettle.
Beijing may well demand the immediate return of the wreckage without US scrutiny, as Washington unsuccessfully tried when one of its spy planes was forced to land on, causing a diplomatic crisis until the crew, and later the disassembled aircraft, were returned.
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