The United States has confirmed the downing of a Chinese surveillance balloon off the Carolina coast. Secretary of State Antony Blinken abruptly cancelled a high-stakes Beijing trip in response. What is Beijing up to?

What appears to be more than a common weather Balloon has been sailing across the U.S., drawing accusations of spying from the Pentagon. This incident, among others before it, should have U.S. citizens aware that their homeland is vulnerable to attack. U.S. citizens may be reminded of Japan launching thousands of balloons armed with incendiary explosives against the U.S. in WWII, and the tragedy of the Oregonians killed, including children, picnicking in 1945.

China’s high-altitude vessel, along with its predecessors, sent over U.S. sovereign territory, is likely a component of China’s political warfare campaign aimed at the Biden