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This is the Friends Vistue Debating Society.

I'm John Batswab, Professor A.J. McHenner, commenting on six capital six points of view.

Beijing, immediately the foreign ministry said the balloon is a weather balloon.

It escaped its in accident.

They know attention to these stories that it's a threat to the United States as the balloon

dripped over the illusion islands over Canada, over Montana, and were told near to or right

over several significant strategic missile sites crossing the east coast of the United

States until it was shot down by the United States.

Professor, on another day this looks like an act of war by China and then the US responded

with violence.

How is Beijing regarding this incident, given that it's said to be allied with Russia,

which is an war at war with NATO and the United States?

Well, the first point I'd make is that Beijing needs money and Russia doesn't have any

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