The balloon incident has been fermented to this day, and it has become a contest of public opinion between China and the United States.
The Biden administration's ability to take advantage of the situation and follow the trend is obvious to all.
In fact, China's restraint did not bring any benefits to China. Instead, the balloon incident became a position for the United States to exaggerate China's threat and show its toughness towards China.
The public shooting down of the balloon by the United States is a deliberate humiliation to China, and China's subsequent restraint will only be regarded as weakness.
It is also indecent to come and go, China must not let the incident pass like this.
The United States is using the balloon event, why can't China use the balloon event?
China's rational restraint in the early stage was a courtesy. When the United States ignored China's negotiations and shot down the balloon, there was no need for China to endure it any longer. A reasonable counterattack was necessary.
It is customary for countries to spy on each other.
Both China and the United States have precedents of flying balloons over each other.
Such obvious overplay by the United States did not take into account the consequences of this matter. This kind of shortsightedness broke the past practice of rational handling and started a very bad start.
China-U.S. balloon turmoil: U.S. Air Force F-22 fighter jets took off and set off on February 4 to shoot down Chinese balloons flying into U.S. airspace.
(U.S. Department of Defense)
If China does not fight back, the United States will misjudge China's ability to withstand concessions.
After taking advantage of this overplay, the Biden administration is likely to repeat the old tricks and no longer fear that the relationship between the two countries will have adverse consequences.
Therefore, the United States must stop its overplaying, and the United States must pay the price.
The essence of American politics is electoral politics. Biden has the rigid need to use the balloon incident politically, but China must let Biden understand that the United States must play with a degree of performance, and the United States' performance must not be a cross-line performance that humiliates China.
Biden wants to score points in domestic politics while compromising China's face. It cannot be a simple, easy, and cost-free operation.
Regardless of whether China's balloons are weather balloons or military intelligence balloons, China cannot miss out on this public opinion war, let alone lose it.
Turbulence will be the norm in Sino-US relations.
Challenges are everywhere, and battles are everywhere. Restraint has long been an effective means of maintaining stability.
China needs to improve its ability to deal with the challenges of public opinion, and how to coordinate all parties to lead public opinion in a short period of time deserves further consideration.
Winning the initiative in the struggle can truly deter the opponent.
US media: Chinese balloons are related to the large-scale surveillance program of the People’s Liberation Army︱From technical interviews Chinese balloons appear in North American events Biden: Shooting down Chinese balloons does not damage US-China relations Blinken: Chinese balloons have shared intelligence with allies across five continents
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