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Pranksters fly ‘spy balloon’ over Chinese embassy, accused of ‘starting WWIII’ | New York Post
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1:42Now PlayingUK pranksters have been accused of trying to start “World War 3” after flying a “spy” balloon over the Chinese embassy amid the alleged “balloon espionage” scandal between the US and China.
Video of their helium-filled fact-finding mission has racked up nearly a million views on their TikTok channel.
“We thought that considering the Chinese are such fans of these balloons that they would have liked it,” Josh Pieters, 29, one half of the online comedy duo Josh & Archie, told Kennedy News of the prank, which they filmed February 8 at the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Marylebone, Central London.
The prank was a response to the ongoing US-China spat that began two weeks ago after the US shot down an unidentified object that they believed to be a Chinese spy balloon. This sparked an international uproar with Chinese officials claiming that the device was simply a high-altitude weather balloon.
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