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Weekend: Chinese balloon shot down over Atlantic

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Chinese balloon shot down over Atlantic

05/02/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, Chinese balloon shot down over Atlantic

Beijing has reacted angrily to the US shooting-down a Chinese observation balloon

Beijing has reacted angrily to the shooting-down by US fighter pilots of a Chinese observation balloon that had entered American airspace.

Also in the programme: As of today the EU is banning imports of all Russian oil products; and the British writer, Hanif Kureishi, talks about gaining an avid new readership after blogging about coming close to death during a recent holiday in Italy.

Joining Audrey Brown to discuss this and more are Stephanie Baker, a senior writer at Bloomberg News in London, and Adeolu Adekola, a Nigerian policy and development analyst.

(Photo: The suspected Chinese spy balloon drifts to the ocean after being shot down off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, US on 4 February 2023. Credit: Reuters/Randall Hill)

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