Day: February 10, 2023

A balloon traveling over the continental United States caused a lot of alarm and anger after the US government blamed it on the Chinese government and said it was being used for spying. The US shot it down, but the alarm over the balloon is still high. In this episode of China Uncensored, we look at where the balloon traveled, what data it might have been collecting, and China’s reaction to it.

#chinainsights As subsequent events unfold, we have noticed that this incident is inconsistent with Xi’s agenda of trying to de-escalate international relations, particularly with the U.S. It should have revealed the internal strife within the CCP. The top brass of the PLA could have deliberately launched a balloon to sabotage Blinken’s visit to China. It would be tricky for Taiwan’s defense, and it may take a relatively long decision time to respond to this kind of ambiguous provocation, thus losing the o

The balloons from China flying over the US drew a lot of attention to China’s espionage attempts. But there are a lot more, albeit less visible, ways China spies on Americans. In this just us episode of China Unscripted, we talk about what happened with the first Chinese spy balloon, the US response to it, and the other ways China spies on Americans. This is a highlight from the full video No. 194 Chinese Spy Balloons Travel Over US, Angering Americans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU-6K…

China doesn’t just use trained spies to carry out its espionage work, it uses almost anyone it thinks can get the secrets it’s after. Instead of just carrying out targeted attacks, it uses death by 1000 cuts to gain the information its wants from other countries. In this episode of China Unscripted, we discuss China’s massive spy network in America, how Chinese espionage is different from US espionage, and what people can do to keep China from stealing more secrets. Joining us in this episode is Nicholas E

A second #object was shot down. This time, President Joe Biden ordered troops to ground it over #Alaska. The Pentagon says it posed a threat to civilian aircraft. Meanwhile, Biden says the Chinese spy balloon from last week did not pose a major breach, as the FBI sifts through the recovered debris. Questions are swirling around China’s refusal to pick up the phone, past instances of balloons spotted over the United States coming to light, and what this all means for the world’s two biggest superpowers going

The US used a U-2 spy plane to spy on China’s spy balloon as it was floating over the United States. China is outpacing the US in intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers. And Disney censored a Simpson’s episode that referred to China’s forced labor practices. Watch this episode of China Uncensored for that and more of this week’s China news headlines.