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It's hardly a "bad hand". If this continues, look for the US, and the rest of the West, doing direct flights over all of China. Eg, retaliation in kind. There's zero difference, as said balloons could have any manner of nefarious purpose. Chemical/bacterial/viral, or just plain spying, airspace is airspace, protecting it is a thing, and China has the bad hand now. What they were/are doing is well thought out, and technically a good way to spy. But the political aspect shows (again) just how poorly China understands the West. To burn so much political capital, over so little gain, is immensely stupid, a diplomat's nightmare, and completely incompetent. I feel for China, I do. A huge chip exists on its shoulder, it spent centuries bowing to the West. The betrayal during WWII likely still stings. So it wants to flex, to be the big man, to strut its feathers, but wings made of wax only take you so far... |