Chinese “Spy Balloon” evidently didn’t spy after all …

[Tom Paine 1949]

The Chinese Global Times reports that the recent U.S Defense Department “forensic” report on the remains of the Chinese “Spy Balloon” downed by U.S. airforce jets off the East Coast has in fact concluded that it was NOT used for any spying or sending of information back to China — which is what the Chinese government insisted on from the beginning.

Nevertheless this information has been all but “disappeared” among conflicting media reports that the balloon ostensibly contained some unspecified off-the-shelf U.S.Equipment (!) … that “could be” (some U.S. media sources say “was”) used for spying purposes.

Here are three articles, one Chinese and two typical but rather different Western media reports, that cover this very curious Cold War - hyped dichotomy of views.

Apparently the famous motto “The first casualty of war is the truth” … could be extended to the new U.S.-China “Cold War” as well.

After five months of strained ties, US admits Chinese balloon did not collect information - Global Times

Chinese spy balloon used US technology to surveil Americans

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/politics/china-surveillance-balloon-pentagon-intl-hnk/index.html

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Was it a floating billboard?

 

[theHawk]

The Chinese Global Times reports that the recent U.S Defense Department “forensic” report on the remains of the Chinese “Spy Balloon” downed by U.S. airforce jets off the East Coast has in fact concluded that it was NOT used for any spying or sending of information back to China — which is what the Chinese government insisted on from the beginning.

Nevertheless this information has been all but “disappeared” among conflicting media reports that the balloon ostensibly contained some unspecified off-the-shelf U.S.Equipment (!) … that “could be” (some U.S. media sources say “was”) used for spying purposes.

Here are three articles, one Chinese and two typical but rather different Western media reports, that cover this very curious Cold War - hyped dichotomy of views.

Apparently the famous motto “The first casualty of war is the truth” … could be extended to the new U.S.-China “Cold War” as well.

After five months of strained ties, US admits Chinese balloon did not collect information - Global Times

Chinese spy balloon used US technology to surveil Americans

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/politics/china-surveillance-balloon-pentagon-intl-hnk/index.html

Yea, like we should trust the Biden Regime that has been bought off by China.

 

[DukeU]

All the bad shit that has happened and is happening during *biden's term.....

Really isn't happening, and the economy is great!!!!

 

[hjmick]

A Chinese tabloid.

Delightful.

What's wrong? RT didn't have an article on this topic?

 

[BackAgain]

I don’t believe that the OP claim is “evident” at all.

 

[Tom Paine 1949]

The issue of exactly what the giant easily observable “billboard” of a balloon was doing is still unclear. It is certainly possible it was a spy balloon which veered off course and was meant only to observe from international waters, and was shut down when it flew over the U.S. continent to avoid a bigger scandal.

In my opinion it is very unlikely it was a spy balloon intentionally sent across the U.S. to sabotage U.S.-Chinese relations before the U.S. Secretary of State’s planned visit. In general there are no known factions in the Chinese military that are out of the control of XiJinping, and Xi had no evident reason to make such a useless and self-destructive provocation.

The Pentagon Report itself has not been made public, which probably conveniently allows all sides to keep their own errors and/or misjudgements under wraps … for now anyway.

 

[AZrailwhale]

The Chinese Global Times reports that the recent U.S Defense Department “forensic” report on the remains of the Chinese “Spy Balloon” downed by U.S. airforce jets off the East Coast has in fact concluded that it was NOT used for any spying or sending of information back to China — which is what the Chinese government insisted on from the beginning.

Nevertheless this information has been all but “disappeared” among conflicting media reports that the balloon ostensibly contained some unspecified off-the-shelf U.S.Equipment (!) … that “could be” (some U.S. media sources say “was”) used for spying purposes.

Here are three articles, one Chinese and two typical but rather different Western media reports, that cover this very curious Cold War - hyped dichotomy of views.

Apparently the famous motto “The first casualty of war is the truth” … could be extended to the new U.S.-China “Cold War” as well.

After five months of strained ties, US admits Chinese balloon did not collect information - Global Times

Chinese spy balloon used US technology to surveil Americans

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/politics/china-surveillance-balloon-pentagon-intl-hnk/index.html

You are believing ”information” from a newspaper owned and operated by the Chinese Communist Party. It reports what the party tells it to. It’s a propaganda mouthpiece.

 

[excalibur]

The Cult of Joe Biden strikes again.

 

[Tom Paine 1949]

You are believing ”information” from a newspaper owned and operated by the Chinese Communist Party. It reports what the party tells it to. It’s a propaganda mouthpiece.

The Global Times article is linked to precisely in order to give a Chinese Communist Party perspective on this curious incident. Two Western media sources give Western views. I am not “believing” the CCP view, but reporting it. As I said, the truth in this case may lie somewhat between the official propaganda line of both sides.

 

[Dekster]

I read this the other day on a more credible site as well though it didn't say they weren't trying to spy, US didn't think they got much in part because we were jamming the balloon.

 

[frigidweirdo]

The Chinese Global Times reports that the recent U.S Defense Department “forensic” report on the remains of the Chinese “Spy Balloon” downed by U.S. airforce jets off the East Coast has in fact concluded that it was NOT used for any spying or sending of information back to China — which is what the Chinese government insisted on from the beginning.

Nevertheless this information has been all but “disappeared” among conflicting media reports that the balloon ostensibly contained some unspecified off-the-shelf U.S.Equipment (!) … that “could be” (some U.S. media sources say “was”) used for spying purposes.

Here are three articles, one Chinese and two typical but rather different Western media reports, that cover this very curious Cold War - hyped dichotomy of views.

Apparently the famous motto “The first casualty of war is the truth” … could be extended to the new U.S.-China “Cold War” as well.

After five months of strained ties, US admits Chinese balloon did not collect information - Global Times

Chinese spy balloon used US technology to surveil Americans

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/politics/china-surveillance-balloon-pentagon-intl-hnk/index.html

So the CHINESE have reported that the CHINESE balloon did not spy.

Yeah right.

 

[Baron Von Murderpaws]

So WHAT were all those solar panels powering, if it wasn't spyware?

 

[Tom Paine 1949]

So the CHINESE have reported that the CHINESE balloon did not spy. Yeah right.

Did you expect them to say otherwise? What is interesting here is that the Pentagon also says the balloon was not spying or sending information back to China, at least while it was traversing the Continental U.S.A.

P.S. It may actually have been an out-of-control weather or research balloon blown off course, though this is not my own favorite hypothesis.

 

[westwall]

The Chinese Global Times reports that the recent U.S Defense Department “forensic” report on the remains of the Chinese “Spy Balloon” downed by U.S. airforce jets off the East Coast has in fact concluded that it was NOT used for any spying or sending of information back to China — which is what the Chinese government insisted on from the beginning.

Nevertheless this information has been all but “disappeared” among conflicting media reports that the balloon ostensibly contained some unspecified off-the-shelf U.S.Equipment (!) … that “could be” (some U.S. media sources say “was”) used for spying purposes.

Here are three articles, one Chinese and two typical but rather different Western media reports, that cover this very curious Cold War - hyped dichotomy of views.

Apparently the famous motto “The first casualty of war is the truth” … could be extended to the new U.S.-China “Cold War” as well.

After five months of strained ties, US admits Chinese balloon did not collect information - Global Times

Chinese spy balloon used US technology to surveil Americans

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/politics/china-surveillance-balloon-pentagon-intl-hnk/index.html

Ahhhh, look at the little Chinese bootlicker, lickin boots!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Oh, the CCP said it wasn’t a spy balloon. What great news!

 

[toobfreak]

Chinese “Spy Balloon” evidently didn’t spy after all …​

^^^ Why doesn't the slant of this thread surprise me at all considering the source and OP? Never mind that it is already common knowledge that the USA actually /assisted/ China in teaching them how to make good spy balloons!

 

[Kruska]

The issue of exactly what the giant easily observable “billboard” of a balloon was doing is still unclear. It is certainly possible it was a spy balloon which veered off course and was meant only to observe from international waters, and was shut down when it flew over the U.S. continent to avoid a bigger scandal.

In my opinion it is very unlikely it was a spy balloon intentionally sent across the U.S. to sabotage U.S.-Chinese relations before the U.S. Secretary of State’s planned visit. In general there are no known factions in the Chinese military that are out of the control of XiJinping, and Xi had no evident reason to make such a useless and self-destructive provocation.

The Pentagon Report itself has not been made public, which probably conveniently allows all sides to keep their own errors and/or misjudgements under wraps … for now anyway.

That is what it actually looks like. Even if it had been a spy balloon, so what? The US is constantly flying spy missions into Chinese territory and in parallel spy onto their own allies.

For Americans to make it into a Biden-Trump issue - basically even adds extra benefits for China.

 

[Kruska]

A Chinese tabloid.

Delightful.

What's wrong? RT didn't have an article on this topic?

Because the Western MSM tells the truth?
Delightful

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Did you expect them to say otherwise? What is interesting here is that the Pentagon also says the balloon was not spying or sending information back to China, at least while it was traversing the Continental U.S.A.

P.S. It may actually have been an out-of-control weather or research balloon blown off course, though this is not my own favorite hypothesis.

What is interesting here is that the Pentagon also says the balloon was not spying or sending information back to China, at least while it was traversing the Continental U.S.A.

You expected them to tell the truth and make Biden look bad?