BEIJING/HONG KONG: China may respond to the US shooting down its suspected spy balloon after warning of 'serious repercussions', but analysts say any move will likely be finely calibrated to keep from worsening ties that both sides have been seeking to repair. Regional analysts and diplomats are closely wa
BEIJING/HONG KONG: China may respond to the US shooting down its suspected spy balloon after warning of"serious repercussions", but analysts say any move will likely be finely calibrated to keep from worsening ties that both sides have been seeking to repair.US fighter jet shot down the balloon
Some analysts said they will be scrutinising the seas and skies of East Asia for signs of tension, given growing deployments of ships and aircraft from China and from the US and its allies. The path of rebuilding US-China relations likely remains on track, said Zhao Tong, a senior fellow at the China office of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a visiting researcher at Princeton University.
He noted China's seizure of a US underwater glider deployed by an oceanographic research ship off the Philippines in December 2016. The Chinese navy later returned it to a US warship. Zhu Feng, executive dean of the School of International Studies at Nanjing University, said US officials should stop"hyping" events to ensure a smooth return to the normalised communications they earlier requested from Beijing.
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