What Was That Chinese Balloon Really Up To? | The Big Take
February 6, 2023
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as posted by the channelWhat started as a curiosity—a Chinese balloon Washington says was equipped with surveillance equipment floating high above the US—now threatens to worsen the already tense rivalry between two world powers.
China insists it was a civilian research balloon that had drifted off course. Its government responded with anger after President Joe Biden ordered the vessel shot down Saturday once it was safely off the coast of South Carolina.
What information can a balloon like that collect? And what does this incident mean for USChina relations? Rosalind Mathieson (), who oversees Bloomberg’s government and political coverage around the world, joins this episode to sort out what this was all aboutand where things go from here.
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