The US military shot down a Chinese balloon that American intelligence claims were spying and the Chinese say it was weather research.
Who can believe PRC and take at face value that it was? An accident without any other intent? All aircraft need permission to enter foreign airspace. A protest by China in any international forum should be immediately rejected.
The psychology of Communism is to take advantage of open democratic societies for its advancement. America had allowed it to happen with the expectation that it will eventually bring power and freedom to the people, but it has not happened. The Communists are attempting to spread autocracy around the world, ideologically opposing democracy. Nut was it a; a hoax?
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In this AP image provided by Brian Branch, a large balloon drifts above the Kingstown, N.C. area, with an airplane and its contrail seen below it. The United States says it is a Chinese spy balloon moving east over America at an altitude of about 60,000 feet (18,600 meters), but China insists the balloon is just an errant civilian airship used mainly for meteorological research that went off course due to winds and has only limited “self-steering” capabilities. (Brian Branch via AP)