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Is extremely rare, i don't ever remember the chinese government putting a statement out like this, since my time covering china, and essentially, it is a major shift from the regular play book from beijing of either hitting back or denying so the foreign ministry said, quote, it is a civilian air ship used for research, mainly meteorological purposes, affected by the westerlilies and the air ship deviated far from the planned course, the chinese side regrets the unintended entry of the air ship into u.s. air space. now amara, the decision making of the chinese government is a black box, but th...
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