China calls the US Air Force’s shooting down of what they call a weather balloon an overreaction. This is what China correspondent Anouk Eigenraam says: “They call it a weather balloon, they think it is advertised.”
Stimulated or not, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken canceled his planned trip to Beijing for this reason. A trip that had precisely the purpose of decreasing tensions between the two superpowers. “That’s why Blinken went to Beijing to talk about things like this: the war in Ukraine, Taiwan. It was an important visit, which has been suspended for the moment”.
Speculations
According to Eigenraam, there are different analyzes of the case. Why why now? After all, Washington had known this for days. ‘There are stories that they deliberately kept under wraps, but at some point they couldn’t anymore. China Benefits: How Quickly Does US Defense Respond? How do they handle this, how does everyone react? But it won’t leave China just before Blinken’s visit.”
“Another explanation is that this was done by the US military on their own. That the services work cross-purpose.’
Source: BNR
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