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China says it’s a weather balloon. USA says it’s surveillance. USA has it now. Someone’s story is going to have to change and how they handle it is what’s important. Not weather balloons. >

Weather surveillance! >

Special Op Weather Balloon >

Beyond the made-for-cable-news spectacle, the entire balloon incident also speaks volumes about how little Washington and Beijing communicate, almost 22 years after the collision of an American spy plane and a Chinese fighter about 70 miles off the coast of Hainan Island led both sides to vow that they would improve their crisis management. The incident came at a moment when Democrats and Republicans are competing to demonstrate who can be stronger on China.
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