A Chinese surveillance balloon downed off the coast of the Carolinas set off a wave of political finger-pointing. The back-and-forth between the U.S. and China following the discovery of the balloon is just the latest escalation of tensions between the two powers — as China tries to rehabilitate its image on the world stage.
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They don't need a balloon the news gone tell em 😂
"Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting." –Anonymous
Biden is soft and weak. His mind is soft and weak. He is physically soft and weak. And politically when it comes to foreign affairs he is soft and weak.
Congrats you just spend 50k+ to shoot down a weather balloon. Complete overreaction. This is hilarious. It’s 2023, China knows everything about us. They don’t need a balloon to spy on us.
民主只是内部政治矛盾不可调和的表现，幸运的是，中国从来不需要走上民主这条路。
Now we are being invaded from the south and the north
To put things in perspective, under Project Genetrix, US sent more than 500 high-altitude balloons, 50K feet above ground, over China and Russia territories. When China or Russia protested, US claimed that it was within US international rights to fly these balloons over. The basis for US claim is that by convention, the national air space rights are around 30K feet above ground. But there is no clear international rights declaring the extend of the national air space.
The Chinese balloon was flying 60K feet above ground. So according to previous US practice, it is within China's right to do the same. Thus the anger from China's statement and the warning that it will do the same to US flying objects over Chinese territory.
Before when Trump president….my stock skyrock …food was cheap gas was cheap …after Trump now Biden ….no more eating or eat less and stock goes negative
How stupid do we actually look?
Why did it take so long for our government to bring it to our attention? Not a regular citizen!
Why was it allowed to go so far into the United States?
Orange putin would have allowed more and he would tell us it’s only a balloon, better than windmills!
International deplomacy is hijacked by demostic politics, which perfectly describes this balloon incident
The Chinese balloon incident can be seen by the Chinese as dividing the US govt.. Instead of the Republicans supporting the President and his actions they have shown the Chinese how divided the govt is. They have done the same with Ukraine . The Republicans have sided with Putin, showing how divided the country is. The Republican just don't understand they are providing political fodder for China and Russia. The fact that Trump did nothing about the 3 previous incursion under his administration tells the Chinese that Trump in charge is not a threat. Trump did nothing. Biden acted.
Should have shot it down over Pierre, South Dakota?
If you shoot it down over land at that height, it would shatter…. use your brains GOP
We might be going to war with China yet the Republicans criticized Biden. We sure are showing our strength as UNITED STATES. 🤦🏻♀️
Biden had to give China there money's worth, since they can't buy hunters paintings no more. Democrats thank you for all the crap you are doing to destroy this country.
So worried about China but this guy with the bald head just said how many is there and what the name of the basis way to give away the secret Baldy
"Let's avoid war over an island. Allow those who want to move to the USA to do so and let those who want to stay stay.
Once those who are moving to the USA have left, just hand over the island to China.
There is no need for conflict, not even a nuclear war."
America: "You sent a spy balloon. You are spying on us!"
China: "We sent you our version of Barney. You just shot Barney."
China is proving Biden’s guts, they’ll act if they see the most minimal flickering in his determination, and with Biden being Biden were doomed ☠️
This sorry administration wasn't even going to tell united States citizens about the spy craft. Only because it was spotted by American citizens was it then mentioned by Biden administration.
They let the Chinese craft finish what it was doing before military shot it down.
If your goal is to destroy America then Biden is your man !
Meanwhile Biden is draining our oil reserves and selling that oil to China, also last week biden
closed all fed land to future oil development .
It was a "Need to Know".
In my view, Biden is not being truthful with the American people. The people who watches the skies notified him about the balloon on the 28th of January, according to an article in the New York Post. He only acted when the public became aware that something was in the skies. So why didn't he allow the military to shoot it down over the Aleutian Islands? He was too busy with trying to get Blinken over to have a meeting with the Chinese. However, the balloon became apparent to the public, and he knew then that he had to make a statement and do something. No meeting with an authoritarian regime is more important than our national security; he should know better.
Let's send our balloons in mainland china to see their reaction.
Let's send our balloons in mainland china to see their reaction.
So all these UFO sightings have been chinas super advanced technology
The left and right parties fight with each other like the mad dogs. China is celebrating the fight and they brought the balloon to see closer.
Republicans should be talking about the three balloons trump allowed to fly over us from China and keep it a secret.
1:05 "retains the right" ?
– you lost your rights when you deprived it from others.
Amazing videos and thank you for breaking it down!! Despite the economic downturn, I’m so happy I have been earning $ 55,000 returns from my $9,000 investment every 14 days.