Climate Change and the Balloon!
The Chinese 'Spy Weather Balloon' Story As Manufactured Crisis: An Alternative Reading Previous constant headlines of the Ukraine-Russia war were put on pause Friday into Saturday as the American public's attention and discourse got temporarily consumed by the bizarre Chinese 'spy balloon' saga, which grew more dramatic by the hour until it was shot down by the Pentagon over the Atlantic Ocean. But few are currently asking the necessary deeper questions related to the timing. Given the last major balloon crisis to take over 24/7 network news coverage ended up being a complete hoax (remember the "balloon boy" stunt of 2009 which had the world breathless and on edge for a full news cycle?), the current context to the Chinese balloon story and the question of cui bono is worth a deeper dive ... Images: The Billings Gazette/AP Entrepreneur and geopolitical commentator Arnaud Bertrand, who as a Westerner has spent many years living in China and freque...