How a 'spy' balloon inflated US-China tensions
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Why Is China Flying a Balloon Over the Land of the Free?
Charlie Cooper is a former senior military and economic adviser to the US government who worked in both Afghanistan and Iraq for the Bush administration. He says there are several reasons why China may have wanted us to know it was there. The Chinese aren't sure what the US will do about Taiwan, he argues. What is the US willing to do when it's faced with this level of Chinese aggression?
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