Analysis: What next for US-China relations? I DW News

The US and China exchanged words about a suspected Chinese spy balloon as military officials revealed other incursions. US officials said the downed craft was massive in size.
The quarrel between Washington and Beijing over the incursion of a Chinese balloon into United States airspace continued on Tuesday. The suspected surveillance balloon was shot down off the South Carolina coast on Saturday after a days-long journey across the US mainland.
When asked on Tuesday whether Beijing had asked the US to return debris from the balloon, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said it belonged to China.
The US Coast Guard has imposed a temporary security zone in waters off South Carolina during the military's search for debris from the balloon.
US President Joe Biden said the plan was always to shoot it down, but Republicans are criticizing the time the president took to respond.
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[@OpenRoader]

The ONLY action that should have happened was China alerting the US that a stray "weather balloon" has drifted over north America. But since that didn't happen, the only logical conclusion is it's not a weather balloon.

[@winsonip4447]

US detected the Balloon on 28/1 in Alaskan airspace, days before it found by someone in Montana. It’s US decided not to take any actions. I assume they don’t see as a immediate threat.

[@metchandara]

China has over 300 satellites to watch over U.S. and can send robotic on the moon and on mars and China can see US geography through google maps and millions millions of Chinese citizens living in US, why China is stupidly using giant balloons to spy on US? You don’t need to be geniuses to understand US intentions against China.

[@OpenRoader]

@@metchandara Then why didn't China come out and tell the US, "hey, we got a balloon drifting into your air space, just letting you know". But they didn't WHY?

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@winsonip4447 : If there was no threat then why did the military "immediately block some signals and sensors" ???

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@OpenRoader : The Chinese did not follow normal protocols for launching a weather balloon with AIS, flight plan, etc.

[@rolfauner4623]

Please, please, please for the love of humanity: stop calling any US-related scandals XYZgate. Please!

[@masterchinese28]

100% agree

[@arraiacc]

Agreed! It’s lazy and overdone.

[@Zakaius]

BillGates?

[@HUNT3R737]

seriously

[@LLH7202]

Amen! I've been saying that for years.

[@HKim0072]

At the minimum, Xi should be referred to only "Balloon boy" from now on.

[@jianyang6281]

and Biden should be named "top secret files boy"?

[@Alex-pj8nz]

Better than being Pooh Bear which is a plus for him.

[@First-Last_name]

Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh. Tubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff. He's Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh. Willy nilly silly old bear

[@thehandleisuseless]

Ballon Boy Pooh

[@KittenBowl1]

Winnie the Poo Balloon 🎈 😂 What’s inside the balloon 😆

[@windmill2270]

They need to quit accidentally sending stuff

[@Tom-tg2jl]

We need to stop buying their stuff, a majority boycott on Chinese products would yank their ability to do any of these shenanigans, they are very export dependant at the moment.

[@aburetik4866]

The Chinese balloon is just to send a message to the US that China can blow up American homeland any time.

[@blacknwhitehound]

@@Tom-tg2jl yup time to decouple

[@richarddietzen3137]

Customers at Walmart and online retail need to quit buying it.

[@jayliu8003]

@@Tom-tg2jl Don't you depend on Chinese exports?

[@scorpio_stinger5428]

At this point, I’m already tired of China’s circus. Remember, when they sent fishing boats near the Philippines; they said, it’s fishers looking for shelter from the typhoon. Next thing you know, they’ve already occupied the islands. When they said, they’re just going to build an observatory and will not militarized the area; they already built man-made islands complete with airport and defense facilities. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@PEdulis]

And how many countries did the US invade openly and without any hesitation? Was there even one year where the US were not at war with any other country and ALWAYS as the aggressor?

[@t-rex4211]

Wait til you find out what happened on diago Garcia

[@christofat2704]

@@t-rex4211 Yes , Diego-Garcia where the locals have been deported by the Brits to give a military base to the U.S. Although comdamned by the U.N the deported still can not return back to their island . Westerner hypocrisy at it's best

[@t-rex4211]

@@christofat2704 Indeed

[@jaysmith5338]

Rember when there was wmd in Iraq? Remember Palestinians that are killed daily lol. Stfu.

[@barbarawarren9443]

US and China know where all of their aircraft are at all times and also tightly monitor borders. Why would China not call US and explain if it were a weather balloon? With regard to shoot first and ask questions later, that is perfectly appropriate. I would expect China to do the same if a non-civilian aircraft entered their airspace.

[@Alex-pj8nz]

They did after it was discovered

[@user-uj4cu4gy7p]

Needless to say, China shot down US spy balloons twice in 1973 and 1957, and some flew to the Soviet Union through Northeast China. On September 9, 1962, it also shot down US U2 reconnaissance aircraft, and on August 22, 1956, it shot down P4M1Q electronic reconnaissance aircraft, once in 1965, and three times in 1968

[@user-uj4cu4gy7p]

On April 1, 2001, China forced the US P-8A reconnaissance aircraft to land at the expense of a pilot and an aircraft, and the pain caused by the US to China will be repaid in the future

[@alexlazar4738]

Well Nena was a prophet, we'll have 99 years of war over balloons 99 Jahre Krieg Ließen keinen Platz für Sieger Kriegsminister gibt's nicht mehr Und auch keine Düsenflieger Heute zieh' ich meine Runden Seh' die Welt in Trümmern liegen

[@MrMannyhw]

If US send a balloon to China. Would the Chinese shoot it down?

[@RadiantRealms]

"... or was that just a lot of hot air?" NICELY PLAYED, DW.

[@BAYBAY_316]

I do love a good journalist pun

[@katherinesavarese6009]

It was awesome. 10/10

[@richhenry8004]

Shoot first, ask questions later? We let it fly over our nuclear warheads and across our entire country. Get some new writers, boys.

[@nunyabusiness863]

I said the exact same thing. It traveled over the entire continental US. Thats not shooting first. This is a German broadcasting network though so I wouldn't trust their military acumen. Edit: not 'entire' but a huge chunk of it

[@trig5454]

The balloon was permitted to continue through Canadian air space in the interior of British Columbia and was intercepted by a Canadian fighter jet that could have shot it down in that uninhabited area. The theory that seems to fit best is that NORAD wanted to see where the balloon would go.

[@antonychipman3088]

one shot was a pretty quick resolution.

[@KittenBowl1]

That is the most ridiculous theory. Let’s see if it would release bio weapons in the air at 60,000 feet or cause catastrophic damage to our electronic devices 🙄 Ridiculous.

[@Spitfire_Cowboy]

Well there is that for sure. The prc claim that it was off course due to weather had to be debunked. What better way to debunk a false claim than tracking it while using our own weather monitoring devices to track the upper atmospheric wind conditions.

[@aburetik4866]

The Chinese balloon is just to send a message to the US that China can blow up American homeland any time.

[@vlhc4642]

CF-18's service ceiling is only 50,000 ft and that's with zero load or fuel, and the balloon was likely above 80,000 ft at the time. But yes your options are either didn't see it, can't do anything about it, or choose to do nothing about it.

[@thomasschierer9326]

Why din`t China communicate with USA then it would still be floating?

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

The CCP won't admit any wrong doing, they need to save face

[@truthseekerloverofgood7317]

CHINA: LIES, SPYS, LIES, SPYS, LIES, SPYS...U GET The HINT, RIGHT???

[@pindot787]

That is clearly to rational for ccp to do 😂

[@nintendokings]

Because it’s a spy balloon, obviously.. CCP is lying through their teeth-shocker

[@Alex-pj8nz]

They are ally with Putin

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

It crossed into Canadian airspace too

[@First-Last_name]

Apparently it entered Canada first then slipped down to silos in Montana.

[@jovimathews]

I remember when my hat got blown away while I was walking in Montana, and a week later I received a phone call from a kind soul in China saying that they had found my hat. Sometimes the wind patterns are so unpredictable, and I'm sure a lot of Americans would agree that their blown-away umbrellas and hats may land in neighbouring China.🎈

[@First-Last_name]

@@jovimathews just a hop, skip, and a 4,400 mile trip away. You could swim to China and back in an evening 🏊‍♂️ /s

[@loboplateadostacker]

A visible spy balloon is the perfect tool to stir international drama.

[@m.junaidmahmood4209]

The interviewer was well balanced. DWs reporting is surly improving over bbc and cnn.

[@trailrideadventures]

That hot air joke was way up there.

[@First-Last_name]

It went over my head.

[@bontempo1271]

it blew up

[@loduke3905]

Winnie REALLY encompasses his character... 🐻🎈

[@First-Last_name]

Oh, bother

[@thehandleisuseless]

Hahaha 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@releasethekraken8503]

Winnie just loved to playing around with mickey and minnie mouse

[@nintendokings]

A CCP classic: send provocative spy operation, and then blame the USA when they defend their borders for ‘escalating’

[@majormononoke8958]

lol, CCP has enough problems at home.

[@jkgermany2182]

Weather balloons do not change course. Also, why didn't we hear a peep from the researchers involved ? Usually there is a grant for the project somewhere to be found. Should be easy.

[@bigboss.800]

As a man from Europe, I think we should recognise Taiwan as a independent country.

[@manasmishra8945]

Taiwan is independent country

[@mwh0588]

@@manasmishra8945 lets war with China!

[@samuelsirota2816]

WW3 here we come

[@thematic3893]

Taiwans sovereignty belongs to China. Any attempt to be recognised as an independent state will be met with harsh ramifications - this is why Taiwan won’t dare do it. They know what side their bread is buttered on.

[@evomorales5756]

Most of the world, UN, recognizes Taiwan as part of China. Nobody cares what you Western clowns think

[@peramoredellanalisi4341]

1. If similar situations had occurred, why didn't you warn the US ahead of? You might have contacted them beforehand saying that something had unexpectedly changed and that your balloon would stir off toward the US. 2. If you need a balloon to fly across the US, then it means your satellites are not that good at getting useful data about the US.

[@Alex-pj8nz]

It’s probably done intentionally, supposed to have good relations with the US visit but they decided to send a balloon and have that Russian envoy visit instead. Probably good for Putin.

[@lilysong3280]

The weather ballon is out of control, do you know the meaning of "out of control"? And more information, this has happened before, this is not the first lost ballon over U.S. This time whole country just get mad because of social media😂

[@nahkoratan9673]

@@lilysong3280 That is why he suggested that China should have attempted to contact the U.S if that Ballon veered off course. Surely that would be much easier and would not escalate to this level of only your precious CCP told anyone about a malfunctioning device that contains highly sensitive information.

[@lettucesalad3560]

@@lilysong3280 Your internet comments are "out of control".

[@lilysong3280]

@@nahkoratan9673 the weather ballon is lost over the Pacific ocean. It cost only about CNY 300-400, this is around 50 us dollars...why do you think china would keep detecting this cheap weather ballon. They even don't know it will fly to US. If US do not hype it, it is just one of the lost ballons. Another weather ballon is found over south america too. The whole story is just for some other reasons... The problem is not just the ballon😂

[@ongman1]

What China is not realizing is that the impact of actions like these on American domestic opinions. Balloongate just made it harder to loosen the screw on sanctions on China. In fact, this might make things easier for politicians to add new or further increase sanctions.

[@qili3899]

China is not Russia, it is much more powerful.Even Germany companies are moving to China.

[@liveinsea1]

if there are things the US government can do to sanction china, they have already done that. Can you give me an example that the US can do but not to stop china growing?

[@zadovrus1624]

Pelosi's visit to Taiwan is pretty much the same as your ballon-gate to China

[@burns281981]

@@liveinsea1 you know China's economy is shrinking and they continue to make up crisis to deal with to avoid talking about it right? (Xi himself said the economy shrunk)

[@enriqueperezarce5485]

@@liveinsea1 They haven’t completely sanctioned China, if they did both economies would take a hit but more so China as it’s a export economy

[@african1253]

Xhi should ask himself; what will he do if India flies a balloon in his airspace.....

[@Cantstandbs]

1000 red ones ?

[@ftu2021]

thats if Stindia can even afford to launch one

[@introvert6696]

@@ftu2021 first open your eyes properly

[@siddharthjain9611]

@@ftu2021 it can and china doesn't dare to fly it in india because of the nationalist govt which would shoot it down n send a warning as soon as it will be caught

[@KittenBowl1]

India should try it 😂 Haha so funny I can just imagine the CCP Chinese reactions. 🤣

[@squiggy18]

If this was a truly civilian weather balloon, why would China Defense ministry feel compelled to issue a statement of retaliation? Why would the government feel compelled to issue any statement at all. Just ask the civilian company to take legal action. Where and what is this company?

[@richarddietzen3137]

My thought exactly

[@jovimathews]

I remember when my hat got blown away while I was walking in Montana, and a week later I received a phone call from a kind soul in China saying that they had found my hat. Sometimes the wind patterns are so unpredictable, and I'm sure a lot of Americans would agree that their blown-away umbrellas and hats may land in neighbouring China.🎈

[@maxmahusayjr7258]

That's because it's not a real civilian balloon🤦?! Coz if they did,they mostly alerted the US airspace in the 1st place before the US Airforce shut it down🤨🤨🤨🤨?!!

[@emirbenaissa3441]

I like the hot air pun at the start 😂

[@DonLee1980]

That "weather balloon" has a huge array of solar panels and instruments... And even if it were a weather balloon that has gone out of control floating in US airspace, what would be wrong to shoot it down if it's already "out of control"? you want it to drift endlessly in the air and collide with something? My god the Chinese have the audacity to not apologise, instead say the Americans are wrong... Did they also say they won the world cup finals?

[@skydragon23101979]

Simple if it’s civilian then shooting civilian stuff is against international law.

[@KayAteChef]

@@skydragon23101979 Spy balloon. If it were a weather balloon then China would have reported it to USA and not claimed it isn't Chinese. Simple indeed.

[@skydragon23101979]

@@KayAteChef When did China said it isn’t Chinese? If it were really a spy ballon with advance Chinese tech able to capture American data I can guarantee you the pentagon would not have allowed it to float for so long. Besides it flew through Canadian airspace unless you telling me Canada is in cahoots with China or you thing Canada military is lousy because most of their military tech came from US. 3 pieces of news not reported in DW was one Pentagon officials came out publicly and made a statement that said the ballon was not a military or security threat. Second there were news reports that this is very common even during the Trump administration. Finally, after Blinken postponed his trip to China, a foreign journalist asks China foreign affairs department’s comments, there have never been a date fixed by either side officially for these visit. The news was all info from western media without any official news from white house or Beijing.

[@jovimathews]

@@skydragon23101979 I remember when my hat got blown away while I was walking in Montana, and a week later I received a phone call from a kind soul in China saying that they had found my hat. Sometimes the wind patterns are so unpredictable, and I'm sure a lot of Americans would agree that their blown-away umbrellas and hats may land in neighbouring China.🎈

[@skydragon23101979]

@@jovimathews Sure that’s what had happened previously up till now. That’s why you here from China say they reserve the right to do reciprocal action. I can tell you for a fact that there are a lot more of these things that US do.Since you shoot down civilian equipment over US airspace then China can reciprocate accordingly.

[@shermanstepney2182]

Why..... Are.... You.... Talking.... Like....... This?

[@YCHuen]

It doesn't matter whether it is a weather balloon or not, keep it in China or consider it lost and gone.

[@sffg9671]

the tensions reach stratospheric heights but I do think that the whole thing was blown out of proportions

[@EduardRoehrich]

Most excellent analysis and discussion. I really appreciate DW for this kind of clear headed and rational presentation of known facts.

[@raulcotresus]

Why a weather balloon would need such large solar panels for measurements? That much of power is needed for navigation, propulsion, steering capacity and longe range communication. For the size of the panels it could be between 2000 and 4000 watts.

[@nimam3530]

They wanted to create a robust system just in case.😁

[@mohammedkumar3733]

My physics teachers once explained : " A balloon can only go where the wind takes it, you can’t SEND it anywhere. " But, if now the Chinese really did 'sent’ the balloon from China to all they way to US, then the Chinese wind prediction/simulator must be that damn sophisticated. !! 👇👇👇 Be Alarmed !! Be more afraid !!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@Blueblonde227]

@@mohammedkumar3733 Did you study in a madrassa

[@zadovrus1624]

Are you a weather balloon expert?

[@First-Last_name]

@@zadovrus1624 are you?

[@iii-ei5cv]

Winnie the Pooh lost his balloon 🤣🤣🤣

[@First-Last_name]

Oh bother

[@CosmicHarmony58]

Lmao he's a bum. He's crazy. Him.and Putin might go crazy together

[@eewls]

"just a lot of hot air"

[@Jackieception]

6:22 that's basically the best comment on this whole situation, so far.

[@Shelikes69]

Maybe this balon was sent on purpose just as a general test how quick US will react in comparable case ?! 🤔

[@Kyle-Jade]

Pretty good distraction, too

[@CosmicHarmony58]

And share whatever information they got with the Russians

[@sophiaelayne9984]

That's what I think.

[@sophiaelayne9984]

@@Kyle-Jade Bingo. Something else went down while we're all looking at the ballon.

[@EB321]

Its weird to think showing what Chinese ppl on the street have to say would demonstrate anything other than their abject fear of the PRC

[@vlhc4642]

Maybe the person who need DW to tell you what 1.4 billion internet users think might be living under censorship...

[@andrewwhite3793]

The size of 3 buses so what if it fell into a major city ?

[@mike13y]

It's time start the decoupling process.

[@mwh0588]

We should demonstrate our american might on Taiwans Island!

[@apho133]

🇺🇲👎👎👎👎

[@EB321]

Troll

[@_EVANERV_]

If it were simply that the weather balloons veered off-course, why didn't the Chinese government just make an announcement before the balloons crossed into the airspace of other countries? The belated responses make the Chinese government look somewhat suspicious/guilty in this incident.

[@skydragon23101979]

Your assessment is correct if this is the first time but this is apparently very common internationally for civilian weather ballon’s to wonder into foreign airspace.

[@rolfw2336]

I believe it was the opposite.. US officials did try to quietly contact Chinese officials to ask why this balloon was in our airspace, but didn't find anyone who was able to answer.

[@chench1lla]

"hot air" nice pun!

[@into_the_void]

Looks like the teleprompter was broken today

[@MetalSlug-ev5wu]

Maybe that’s all this was….President Xi looking for a phone call. Weird way to do it though

[@squilliumfancyson2926]

West Taiwan is acting up again.

[@2w122]

China weather report includes the USA? Weather? Please?

[@johnchen4061]

They will find “washing powder”!😂😂😂😂😂

[@masterchinese28]

"We might finally calm down the situation with a visit from the US Secretary of State... hey, why not send a balloon across their country?" Some knucklehead in the Chinese gov't has lost their job and for good reason.

[@GuardianComplex]

Absolutely nobody is calling it that, and to suggest that it is worthy of the suffix "Gate" is blowing this absurdly out of proportion.

[@austin756]

It's reckless to shoot foreign objects above your airspace! What a joke!

[@dingleberryjim4456]

“Lets add ‘gate to the end of it”

[@wiv2631]

Regardless of what the balloon might have contained, it has served its purpose, that being measuring the response of the Biden/Harris administration to a strange and unexpected development involving national security.

[@sophiaelayne9984]

Exactly. And China/World wanted to see how they'd respond.

[@hfdthvd]

both are destined for war

[@thematic3893]

Unfortunately, but the Americans want it desperately. If they leave it 5-10 years they might not have another opportunity to win like this again. Better to have it here and now while China is not ready. This is their rationale IMO.

[@scottkrater2131]

That was sarcasm on the U-2 incident right?

[@mikehunt6218]

How come both of these guys say they can't think of a logical explanation why the balloon was in us airspace and then failed to mention that it was loitering around three different military bases and nuclear silos???

[@sillyover4076]

Just make war already

[@Spitfire_Cowboy]

May Taiwan remain a free democratic independent nation! Every time the prc tries to send over a balloon, we should pop it. Give the prc the bird after and tell em to eat it. Time to take a tougher stance not just with the prc but also with russia, iran and north korea.

[@christofat2704]

May Catolonia be a independant country too. Western hypocrisy at its best !

[@christofat2704]

What about the U S and U.k for the deportation of the Chagossians ! Western hypocrisy at it's best !

[@SB-jc7wz]

Nice background at mr Hirson. Mohammed Ali and Iron Maiden during Aces high. thats neat. pics might be taken at the same venue?

[@algo2017]

Why is the Chinese flag on top of the US flag in your thumbnail?

[@gfys756]

DW is owned by China.

[@jaimeesquivel1565]

It was not a “shoot first ask questions later” incident. It flew over Alaska two days later it was spotted above Canada then Montana. The US then shot it down two days later after it was spotted by civilians in Montana & Canada.

[@majormononoke8958]

So, the US military knew of it by spying on other countries civilian ? Or they just got called ? xD

[@EB321]

@Major Mononoke a commercial pilot reported it first

[@hoobsgroove]

Why do you need to alert the public there's something you don't want to do, their monitoring it that's why they left it blocked it signals

[@grannyappleseed]

We as the public deserve to know!!!

[@80-80.]

Why not inform the US that a giant 60 meter balloon equiptet with 3 buses equivalent of electronicshas has lost control and is floating uncontrolled in their airspace?

[@dunny2210]

This solved all the UFO sightings found all these years lol 🤣

[@LWRC]

Taiwan has got to be on pins and needles!!! China is flying military jets into Taiwan's airspace weekly if not on a daily basis!!! One of the Chinese jets flew dangerously close to one of our military aircrafts recently and it may be only a matter of time before our pilots fire on them for fear out of an actual collision!!! What will happen then when a US military jet shoots down a Chinese fighter over the Taiwan straight?!!!

[@hellgateiscloseddontgother8736]

Taiwan is not USA.

[@LWRC]

@@hellgateiscloseddontgother8736 What a brainless comment!

[@larsrons7937]

Even if it was a "weather" balloon it certainly did look like something that could bring bad weather. No matter what, it was perfectly OK to shoot it down. Otherwise China should have told in advance as soon as the balloon went in the direction of US airspace. The Chinese knew very well but never said a thing. That was foul play and then the balloon has to be taken down. Well done, USA. [Edit] At least the common Chinese people agree that USA was right in taking it down.

[@PPpaladin]

really ? we're really naming it "balloongate" ???

[@michaelh.sanders2388]

Some one in the PLA is not playing with a fulll deck of cards.

[@kartiksharma7674]

According to their 2015 statement, they were building islands in south china sea to collect meteorological data for accurate weather reports! The world simply does not like weather reports! 🤣

[@windmill2270]

Heavily-armed weather reports .Right

[@KittenBowl1]

These commentators need to learn many sayings in East Asia to describe the mainland Chinese. They were passed down from our ancestors to teach us who they are as it’s been known to be puzzling to deal with them. One famous one is “Don’t listen to what a Chinese say, only look at his actions”, meaning who cares what Chinese say since they always lie, you have to decide based on their actions. What they say doesn’t matter as they never stick to their words. For real.

[@jamesmcmurray451]

I'm Skip Bayless and this is DW News

[@Liboch]

US-China relationship : Comical

[@alexlazar4738]

99 Luftballons You and I in a little toy shop Buy a bag of balloons with the money we've got Set them free at the break of dawn Til one by one, they were gone Back at base bugs in the software Flash the message, something's out there Floating in the summer sky 99 red balloons go by 99 red balloons Floating in the summer sky Panic bells it's red alert There's something here from somewhere else The war machine springs to life Opens up one eager eye Focusing it on the sky Where 99 red balloons go by 99 Decision street 99 ministers meet To worry, worry, super scurry Call the troops out in a hurry This is what we've waited for This is it boys, this is war The president is on the line As 99 red balloons go by 99 knights of the air Ride super high tech jet fighters Everyone's a super hero Everyone's a Captain Kirk With orders to identify To clarify, and classify Scramble in the summer sky 99 red balloons go by 99 dreams I have had In every one a red balloon It's all over and I'm standing pretty In this dust that was a city If I could find a souvenir Just to prove the world was here And here is a red balloon Just to prove the world was here And here is a red balloon I think of you, and let it go

[@Foreignparisite]

A barroon!

[@blacknwhitehound]

And I suppose the Chinese intentions are being misinterpreted … lol yea right

[@richarddietzen3137]

Great song and lyrics, hard to pick them all out of the song.

[@bertnijhof5413]

The US diplomats react to a floating balloon, like the Memphis police reacts to a traffic stop.

[@jamesraj6531]

I never knew American presidential order is needed to pop a balloon

[@NinjaBehindTheScene]

When the balloon carries explosives is the size of 3 busses with radio antennas and solar pannels.

[@colleenpeck6347]

An "out of control weather balloon 🎈 " needs a Presidental approval from a hostile communist country!

[@morrisignacio9351]

they can get the balloon and everything except the harddrive

[@user-oi3yb7mm7h]

When it comes to educating children, it is important to enlighten them with affection and motivate them with reason. Punish them when they make mistakes while also helping them restore a balanced state of mind.

[@sillyover4076]

China like to poke the bear eventually the bear will crawl back

[@liamjohnson2474]

You mean like when they release covid?

[@basbekjenl]

lying children are the worst but who doesn't lie right, still we shouldn't look the other way when we are being lied to.

[@abbasum5271]

Love 😘 China Beijing ❤️

[@CharChar2121]

Makes 99 Red Balloons hit a bit different.

[@carlyar5281]

Open skies treaty was specifically for over flights.

[@piotr.leniec-lincow5209]

FLIGHT or FIGHT response

[@mickec5245]

This raises some questions: 1. Who owns the balloon? 2. By whom and when was the Chinese state notified? 3.Which party has the main responsibility? 4. Who has the primary diplomatic responsibility. If the balloon is owned by the Chinese state, the answer to questions 3 and 4 should reasonably be China.

[@DEVILxMAYxCRYx5]

I wonder if we were capable of bugging that spy ballon.

[@lepidoptera9337]

Yes, but we won't tell you about all the things we can do. ;-)

[@DEVILxMAYxCRYx5]

@@lepidoptera9337 this is true .. I do know that China does reverse engineer American and Russian military equipment with cheap material.

[@lepidoptera9337]

@@DEVILxMAYxCRYx5 It is an arms race, but truthfully... what can China learn that will help them? They have hundreds of large cities with a population of half a billion in urban areas and we have thousands of nukes. Nothing about the cold war calculus has changed. If we make "boom", then it's game over for everybody.

[@ChopinLuke]

Can you really control a balloon where it goes ?

[@jovimathews]

I remember when my hat got blown away while I was walking in Montana, and a week later I received a phone call from a kind soul in China saying that they had found my hat. Sometimes the wind patterns are so unpredictable, and I'm sure a lot of Americans would agree that their blown-away umbrellas and hats may land in neighbouring China.🎈

[@mikeylau2830]

More Satellite More Debris

[@JWy-gh7fm]

DW- you are the only one calling it balloongate.

[@halinar1]

Did the balloon fly into the watergate hotel?

[@juststuff8128]

It's game on be ready because it's coming

[@the-dronepilot]

Really.... ?

[@Neloish]

Not being mean but it looks like they woke you at 2am and put you on camera with no coffee.

[@noahbrooks8939]

You know you don’t have to call it balloongate, right?

[@bwise609]

Yes they do just like at the first of the month they can't believe what month it is

[@jovimathews]

I remember when my hat got blown away while I was walking in Montana, and a week later I received a phone call from a kind soul in China saying that they had found my hat. Sometimes the wind patterns are so unpredictable, and I'm sure a lot of Americans would agree that their blown-away umbrellas and hats may land in neighbouring China.🎈

[@nunyabusiness863]

"Shoot first. Ask questions later..."? Really? Unprofessional reporting. There are loads of unanswered questions, but that characterization is typical from an impotent german military perspective. The thing went across the entire continental US over quite a bit of time.

[@MarkJohnson-uh7um]

Why would they shoot it down then and study finding out what it really is?????????

[@ataxman1]

day like 5. think its time to accept the news cycle might be a little slow

[@ThePhysics1234]

lets talk a bit more about a baloon

[@erwinlopez2236]

China says," unintended",what?!tell it to the marines!

[@williamgary7891]

They were trying to find out what global warming is

[@BeaverZer0]

6:25 same old guy would be at the local nuclear weapons parade.

[@phetchhamchham4424]

I agreed American needs to be alert, the balloon flew across militaries site not excepting

[@hosanpark8243]

Next is U.S. era's end

[@cityhunter155]

Not even in your dream

[@Wayzor_]

Using "Balloongate" was predictable. Do better.

[@darkdan3379]

Making it in America ends the China problem...

[@thomaslam5565]

Latex balloon with Winnie the Pooh was banned