A Chinese spy balloon invaded U.S. airspace and was subsequently shot down by a U.S. F-22 fighter jet.

(Associated Press)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Chinese spy balloons invaded U.S. airspace and were subsequently shot down by the U.S. military. Regarding why the balloons floated over the U.S., foreign media quoted officials as saying that China may be trying to show its strength through reconnaissance balloons.

However, some analysts believe that it is also possible that someone in China wanted to sabotage the visit of US Secretary of State Blinken, or it was simply caused by a mistake.

A Chinese high-altitude reconnaissance balloon broke into U.S. airspace recently. The U.S. military dispatched F-22 fighter jets on the 4th local time to shoot down it with an "AIM-9X" missile.

Blinken, who was due to visit in the near future, also postponed his trip and criticized Beijing's move for violating US sovereignty and violating international law.

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Regarding why Chinese reconnaissance balloons broke into U.S. airspace, David Ignatius, a diplomatic columnist for The Washington Post, wrote that although intelligence officials are still unclear, why did Beijing choose the eve of Blinken’s visit to China? This is done, but it is speculated that there are many problems in China at present, including slow economic growth, people's political resistance, and poor management of the Wuhan pneumonia epidemic.

Intelligence analysts also pointed out that the intrusion of Chinese balloons into U.S. airspace may also be a result of hardliners in the Chinese military or leadership trying to sabotage Blinken's visit.

But it is also possible that it was simply a series of mistakes that caused the balloon to float to the United States.

Another "Washington Post" columnist, Ishaan Tharoor, analyzed that the reconnaissance balloon incident caused more harm to China than the United States. Beijing originally tried to put on a friendly gesture, but the current Chinese leader Xi Jinping and cadres will not Want to sabotage the process of easing Sino-US relations, because this year is a very important year for China to revive its economy, and it is meaningless to sabotage at this time.

Therefore, Shahrur pointed out that some people in the Biden administration believe that Xi Jinping and his core staff may not have expected the reconnaissance balloon incident. At the beginning, China did not even have a set of arguments, and it took longer than usual. time to respond.

And if Xi Jinping and the top leaders of the CCP really don’t know, it will also raise some disturbing questions, including whether factions in the CCP’s internal power structure want to undermine Xi Jinping’s authority.