China is angry with the United States for shooting down the balloon and is threatening retaliatory measures. Correspondent Kirsi Crowley asks why China did not say that it has a missing weather observation balloon.
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Kirsi Crowley
Ylen’s Asian correspondent Kirsi Crowley estimates that the deflated balloon has further weakened China-US superpower relations.
Yesterday, the United States shot down a balloon over the ocean off South Carolina. China is angry about it and is retaliating with countermeasures.
The United States suspects that the balloon was on a spying mission.
According to Kirsi Crowley, China pretends to be innocent and denies the US’s suspicions. According to China, it was a weather observation balloon that accidentally strayed from its path.
– If so, why didn’t China say that the ball is no longer under its control, Crowley asks.
US Secretary of State by Antony Blinken was supposed to be negotiating with the Chinese leadership in Beijing on superpower relations right now on Sunday. However, China has wanted to discuss and get the US representative to the same table.
– Why would China have wanted to cause a crisis with a balloon? What would its interests be? Crowley pondered.
According to correspondent Kirsi Crowley, the movements of the balloon remain a mystery, at least for the time being.
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