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China is playing the US for fools over the spy balloon

10 February 2023

7:17 AM

10 February 2023

7:17 AM

The Chinese balloon debacle has shone a light on America’s security vulnerabilities, but it has also revealed just how audacious and deceptive the Chinese Communist Party is. As with their reaction to Covid-19’s origins, they have brazenly lied from the day that the balloon’s presence was made public.

It is abundantly clear that the craft was not a weather balloon, not least because of its uncharacteristically massive size.

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