The Chinese Spy Balloon Visits Heritage | Heritage Explains: China | Episode 2

Heritage Explains

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4.6 • 808 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Obviously, the Cold War in which we find ourselves with China is a global event. But it already has a strong impact on our lives right here in the United States. These effects are visible in a lot of ways, which we're going to talk about here today. Some will surprise you, but some will feel familiar, like one from late January of this year.

Many of our listeners will recall the large balloon that was spotted over the Midwest, and was tracked by the government as it crossed over the United States. Federal officials shot the balloon down when it passed over the Atlantic Ocean on February 4. We now know that this was a Chinese spy balloon carrying sophisticated surveillance equipment, and was actually capable of maneuvering itself. For example, it flew in figure eight patterns over numerous US Military sites.

On this episode of Heritage Explains, we re-enact this event at Heritage and dig into the other ways that China is involving itself within United States borders. We discuss these issues with China expert Michael Pillsbury.

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More China Research from the Heritage Foundation: www.heritage.org/china

Michael Pillsbury's Book: The 100-Year Marathon

Winning the New Cold War: A Plan for Countering China: https://www.heritage.org/asia/report/winning-the-new-cold-war-plan-countering-china

The Kevin Roberts Show: https://www.heritage.org/the-kevin-roberts-show

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0:00.0	Three, two, one, zero, all engine run.
0:08.0	There is no other institution that has the ability uniquely.
0:12.6	Without a heritage, every generation starts over.
0:15.7	To remind the current regime.
0:18.8	We the people tell the governor what it is allowed to do.
0:23.2	All, all, have to get back in their box and stay there.
0:29.1	Liktob.
0:30.0	We have a left out.
0:31.5	From the Heritage Foundation, this is Heritage Explains.
0:37.1	Welcome back to From the Heritage Foundation, this is Heritage Explains.
0:42.9	Welcome back to Heritage Explains.
0:47.2	I'm Mark Geinning, coming to you from the communications department here at the Heritage Foundation.
0:53.5	For those of you who have been following the podcast, you know that we are excited to be continuing our current season of the show. We just switched from a one-off
0:55.2	format to a seasonal format. And this is the second of our six-episode series on the Chinese
1:00.4	Communist Party. Obviously, the Cold War in which we find ourselves with China is a global event,
1:05.8	but it already has a strong impact on our lives right here in the United States. These effects are visible
1:12.1	in a lot of ways, which we're going to talk about here today. Some will surprise you, but some
1:16.6	will feel familiar, like one from late January of this year. Many of our listeners will recall
1:21.5	the large balloon that was spotted over the Midwest and was tracked by the government as it crossed
1:25.8	over the United States. Federal officials
1:28.3	shot the balloon down when it passed over the Atlantic Ocean on February 4th. We now know that this
1:33.8	was a Chinese spy balloon carrying sophisticated surveillance equipment and was actually capable of
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