China’s spy balloon worsening geopolitical tension with free world

China’s intention of sending a spy balloon over U.S. in full view.

An arrogant and belligerent Communist Party of China has sent a spy balloon into the U.S. on the eve of a historic visit by the U.S. secretary of state to Beijing, who is slated to meet Xi Jinping. Communist officials do these sorts of things, wanting to humiliate the other side, project strength and send a message.  

In this gesture to project power and dominance over the U.S., possibly to gain leverage over upcoming negotiations, or possibly to create fear and panic in the general American public because in this time of high-tech spy satellites where it is relatively easy to hide nefarious activities, sending a giant balloon lumbering across the U.S. in full view was both eerie and terrorizing.  

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