A suspected Chinese spy balloon moments after being shot down over South Carolina in February 2023. Randall Hill/Reuters
Business Insider: China’s back at it with its balloons
* More Chinese spy balloons appear to be drifting around.
* This time, Beijing is flying the balloons over neighboring Taiwan.
* Last year, China sparked a diplomatic crisis when it floated a spy balloon over the US.
China’s high-altitude balloons are back.
And this time Beijing is flying the balloons over neighboring Taiwan, possibly as an ominous warning message before the self-governing island’s high-stakes elections.
Last year, China floated a spy balloon above the continental United States, sparking a diplomatic crisis before the device was shot down by a US fighter jet.
Since last month, Taiwan’s defense ministry has reported more than a dozen sightings of balloons from China floating over the Taiwan Strait and into the island’s airspace before ultimately disappearing.
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WNU Editor: The Chinese are targeting Taiwan …. Taiwan slams Chinese balloons as safety threat, psychological warfare (Reuters). More here …. Taiwan slams Chinese balloons as aviation safety threat and ‘cognitive warfare’ (France 24).