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Trade and geopolitical conflicts are temporary setbacks. What should worry us more is the inequitable distribution of the benefits of globalisation and the emergence of new technologies that reproduce global disparities. Source link

The visit by deputy assistant secretary of defence Michael Chase could exacerbate tensions between Beijing and Washington. Source link

Reports of spy balloons and other unidentified objects drifting through countries’ airspace call for making near-space use more consensual and transparent. Meanwhile, the breakdown in trust between the world’s two major powers bodes ill for a world weary after years of pandemic and conflict. Source link

The object, initially thought to be a Russian drone, was detected amid concerns that Moscow is plotting a coup in the former Soviet republic. Source link

Perhaps some of the loudest anti-China voices in US politics now see rowing in the same general direction is more useful than arguing over the size of the oars. Beijing’s actions might have done to the US political scene what decades of domestic efforts have failed to do: inspire a …

Authorities say they will prepare to be able to shoot down the unidentified vessel. Source link

Washington is confident the manufacturer of the Chinese balloon has a ‘direct relationship’ with the People’s Liberation Army. Source link

Latest official comments come in the wake of the ‘spy balloon’ debacle that resulted in a cancelled China trip by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and further frayed diplomatic tensions between Washington and Beijing. Source link

Foreign affairs vice-minister Xie Feng calls Washington’s decision to shoot balloon an ‘overreaction’ that will ‘seriously hamper’ progress in stabilising ties. Source link