Commentary I was always told as a kid that if you are caught doing something you shouldn’t be doing it was best to stand up and own your mistake. Pretending that you were not engaged in what is clearly a bad act is rarely a good move and, on the contrary, is laughable the more you are in denial. To wit: if you are seen with your hand in the cookie jar, don’t tell mom you are conducting a quality control experiment on chocolate chip distribution patterns per biscuit.
It seems that China never learned that lesson.
The United States has accused China of flying not one but possibly two “spy balloons” over North America, not coincidentally near sensitive military installations. Both Canada and the United States are monitoring the situation, and Washington brought up the matter with PRC officials, who eventually admitted that the balloon was China’s property. Ottawa summoned China’s ambassador to express its disapproval….