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'Spy' balloon over U.S. skies triggers diplomatic storm | Inside Story
A trade war, tensions on Taiwan, the South China Sea and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – the fault lines have widened as Washington scrambles to counter Beijing’s rising economic and strategic influence. But this week’s appearance of a giant Chinese balloon over the skies of North America is threatening to further destabilise that relationship. Washington says it’s being used to spy. In response, it cancelled…