The spy balloon saga says far more about Biden’s political weakness than China’s strength | Yu Jie

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Surveillance balloons have appeared over US soil before – the president’s reaction is a sign of how boxed in he is by Republicans, says Dr Yu Jie of Chatham House’s Asia-Pacific Programme

over US soil before – the president’s reaction is a sign of how boxed in he is by Republicans

The incident left Chinese diplomats red-faced and US politicians fuming, and has led to a war of words across the Pacific,above US soil and the postponing of a highly anticipated visit to China by the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken.

 

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