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I'm John Bash.

The Chinese spy balloon shot down off the coast of the Carolina some weeks past.

Reuters reporting when an alleged Chinese spy balloon traversed the United States in

February, some US officials were confident the incursion would galvanize the US bureaucracy

to push forward a slate of actions to counter China.

Instead, US State Department, this is Reuters reporting.

Welled back humans related sanctions, export controls and other sensitive actions to try

to limit damage to the US-China relationship.

I pause and welcome Gordon Chang, my colleague and co-host of At Gordon G Chang, and we welcome

for comment on this puzzle.

Jonathan D.T. Ward, his new book is the decisive decade American Grand Strategy for Triumph

Over China.

Jonathan, I begin with you because it's a fun puzzle.

What was gained by not sanctioning China immediately for the revelation that it had been actively

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