![]() ![]() brought attention back to these mysterious sightings. However, the recent furor over the Chinese balloon in the U.S. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has never explicitly linked the balloons to China. That’s especially concerning because China claims Taiwan as its own territory to be brought under its control by force if necessary and routinely sends warships and military aircraft into the island’s air defense identification zone and across the middle line of the Taiwan Strait dividing the sides. Taiwanese media have reported that mysterious white balloons had been spotted over the island at least three times in the past two years. They worry that outright conflict could have a strong negative impact on the global economy, especially since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, on which China has largely sided with Moscow.īalloons either suspected of or confirmed to be Chinese have been spotted over countries from Japan to Costa Rica. U.S.-China tensions have stirred deep concern in Washington and among many of its allies. Recent developments have laid bare the extremely fragile nature of what many had hoped could be a manageable economic, political and military rivalry. Embassy in Beijing, accusing Washington of having “obviously overreacted and seriously violated the spirit of international law and international practice.” ![]() China says it lodged a formal complaint with the U.S. over issues from Taiwan to trade, technology restrictions and China’s claim to the South China Sea. ![]() Subsequent statements have grown firmer, in the same tone used to confront the U.S. Beijing’s attitude has hardened considerably following a surprisingly mild initial response on Friday, in which it described the balloon’s presence as an accident and expressed “regret” for the balloon having entered the U.S. ![]()
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