Balloons attack!
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China and the US Need to Get to the Bottom of This and Work More Closely Together
China has denied, of course, that this first balloon that was shot down is or was a spy balloon and it's accusing the US of being hysterical in its response. The problem here is for China is that they got caught and now they're trying to come up with a rational excuse which doesn't hold any water. They need to start creating really strong channels of communication and understanding so that when something like this happens, it doesn't escalate into very dangerous decision-making. And just like in the Cold War, a bit of, you know, making up now has to occur rapidly.
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