Asia Times writes about it.

“To the Chinese leadership, the Americans seem simply insane,” the article says.

It is noted that the Chinese authorities are trying to understand whether "Washington really wants to unleash a war with Russia."

Earlier, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng said that the US actions against the Chinese balloon damaged the process of stabilizing China-US relations.

On February 4, the US military shot down a Chinese balloon.

China called such a move excessive.

According to the Pentagon, the balloon was used to monitor US strategic facilities.