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China balloon crisis
![US Secretary of State Blinken Poised to Finally Make His China Trip US Secretary of State Blinken Poised to Finally Make His China Trip](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-05-31-181923.jpg)
US Secretary of State Blinken Poised to Finally Make His China Trip
By Shannon Tiezzi
Over four months after a previously planned trip was canceled due to “balloon-gate,” Antony Blinken is reportedly heading to Beijing.
![Militarizing Re-entry of Space Objects – An Indian Perspective Militarizing Re-entry of Space Objects – An Indian Perspective](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-03-24-050610.jpg)
Militarizing Re-entry of Space Objects – An Indian Perspective
By Tejas Bharadwaj
Countries must reduce the subjectivity of space-based threats by clarifying terminology used in space treaties, including the definition of a "space object and component parts."
![Chinese Balloon Case Reveals Trail of Spy Games, Double Standards in Colombia Chinese Balloon Case Reveals Trail of Spy Games, Double Standards in Colombia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-19-232333.jpg)
Chinese Balloon Case Reveals Trail of Spy Games, Double Standards in Colombia
By Joseph Bouchard
The revelation that a Chinese surveillance balloon entered the country's airspace earlier this month has been met with a curiously muted government response.
![Japan Suspects Chinese Spy Balloons Violated Its Airspace Japan Suspects Chinese Spy Balloons Violated Its Airspace](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-06-135407.jpg)
Japan Suspects Chinese Spy Balloons Violated Its Airspace
By Thisanka Siripala
Japan is debating the appropriate response to tackle such surveillance following the U.S. shootdown of a balloon from China.
![China Threatens US Entities Over Downing of Balloon China Threatens US Entities Over Downing of Balloon](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2022-10-25-121820.jpg)
China Threatens US Entities Over Downing of Balloon
By Associated Press
The threat came after the U.S. sanctioned six Chinese entities it said are linked to Beijing's aerospace surveillance program.
![What Happened to the Chinese Balloon Over Latin America? What Happened to the Chinese Balloon Over Latin America?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-14-140555.jpg)
What Happened to the Chinese Balloon Over Latin America?
By Francisco Vázquez
Amid U.S. allegations of espionage, another Chinese balloon appeared over Latin America. How did regional governments respond?
![China Says More Than 10 US Balloons Flew in Its Airspace in Last Year China Says More Than 10 US Balloons Flew in Its Airspace in Last Year](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-10-07-6.jpg)
China Says More Than 10 US Balloons Flew in Its Airspace in Last Year
By Associated Press
A Foreign Ministry spokesperson mentioned the flights in response to U.S. publicization of China's alleged surveillance balloon program.
![What the China Spy Balloon Saga Means for India What the China Spy Balloon Saga Means for India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-06-135407.jpg)
What the China Spy Balloon Saga Means for India
By Poornima Balasubramanian and Megha Shrivastava
Surveillance balloons are a new threat to reckon with in the grey zone – and a wake-up call for India to enhance its intelligence and counterintelligence proficiency.
![What the Chinese Surveillance Balloon Incident Tells Us About US-China Relations What the Chinese Surveillance Balloon Incident Tells Us About US-China Relations](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-06-135407.jpg)
What the Chinese Surveillance Balloon Incident Tells Us About US-China Relations
By Ankit Panda and Catherine Putz
A U.S. F-22 shot down a Chinese surveillance balloon that lingered in U.S. territorial airspace for days. What now?
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