China's response to the discovery of its high-altitude surveillance balloon may be as damaging as its decision to launch it.
, asked a similar question at the White House on Monday, quipped:"They're the Chinese government."
Some believe the balloon could have deviated off course unintentionally, its surveillance mission conceivably unknown to China's top leaders, who were busy organizing a public detente with U.S. counterparts. Others say the Chinese government's only mistake was being caught. Following further U.S.
Having stuck rigidly to its argument that the balloon was a"civilian airship" that was collecting weather data and later blown off course by forces beyond its control, the Chinese leadership now face the very real prospect of having some or part of itsWashington, which likewise hasn't shifted from its initial assessment, insists the balloon deliberately traversed the U.S.
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