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  Probaby just stirring up shit to shore up their popularity at home, it has been rough for the CCP with the protests against the covid lockdowns and them folding to the people. Nationalism is like the major source of their support at this point. If the US is angry at China, Chinese peope will stay angry at the US.
context: What was china’s goal here? Did they think the us wouldn’t notice this balloon? Or was this is genuine error on their part