{"id":19460,"date":"2023-03-15T14:39:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T09:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/?p=19460"},"modified":"2023-03-16T17:21:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T11:51:07","slug":"balloon-gate-us-china-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/balloon-gate-us-china-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Balloon Gate : A Tale of US-China Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_77 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/balloon-gate-us-china-relationship\/#Balloon_Gate_The_Two_Superpowers_Saga\" >Balloon Gate : The Two Superpowers&#8217; Saga<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/balloon-gate-us-china-relationship\/#CAT_2023_Prep_Group_Join_Here\" >CAT 2023 Prep Group. 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Join Here!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/balloon-gate-us-china-relationship\/#%E2%80%9CA_vacation_in_a_foreign_land_Uncle_Sam_does_the_best_he_can%E2%80%A6%E2%80%9D\" >\u201cA vacation in a foreign land, Uncle Sam does the best he can&#8230;\u201d<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Balloon_Gate_The_Two_Superpowers_Saga\"><\/span><strong>Balloon Gate : The Two Superpowers&#8217; Saga<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>It all started on a beautiful summer wedding night.\u00a0 A good old fashioned Chinese wedding where the handsome, well built groom was Kai Zu Yushiro \u2013 a young PLA Intelligence Officer \u2013 who had a degree in Engineering from University of Shanghai \u2013 and left his job at a leading Automobile firm just for the sake of his motherland.<\/p>\n<p>Fairly new at his job \u2013 the young officer noticed the hot air balloons famously known as the Chinese lanterns, the beautiful bridesmaids were floating in the air and how they soared turning the night sky magical \u2013 and then suddenly \u2013 he had an idea.<\/p>\n<p>The honeymoon was postponed. That summer, Mr. Kai spent his days and nights perfecting the design of a balloon that would be lightweight, easily navigable at a long range, durable and capable of being equipped with state-of-the-art spy intelligence cameras. Finding the lightweight material that\u2019s durable was a tough job \u2013 but he finessed it too \u2013 polyester mixed with plaster of Paris \u2013 coated with both radar proof and weatherproof paints. The wired mesh structure was lightweight and housed the guidance system \u2013 the mesh had the wirings internally \u2013 the final design looked like a floating sky lantern.<\/p>\n<p>Kai pitched it to the CAS research department \u2013 and continued working in the design department of the PLA before his untimely death in 1994 in a car crash. But that was the start of something that\u2019d manifest itself as \u201c BalloonGate\u201d \u2013 an incident that\u2019d rattle the very fabric of the geopolitical and financial order after almost 30 years since Kai died.<\/p>\n<p>Kai\u2019s father, a cold war era CAS secret service veteran got incarcerated in US and was subjected to inhuman treatments \u2013 and Kai\u2019s idea continued to be the stuff of myth in the CAS corridors until they designed it \u2013 the perfect spyware balloon that can be disguised as a weather report recon balloon operable at long distances. Soon, in 2023, Chinese Balloons started appearing in the skies of Alaska, swift, stealthy and fast \u2013 locals called them UFOs.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Espionage was on. Mission <strong><em>Eye in the Sky<\/em><\/strong> had started.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CAT_2023_Prep_Group_Join_Here\"><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/G2CPnodkrxS8r1c8xhCBQI\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CAT 2023 Prep Group.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Join Here!<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CHey_Rook_do_you_see_something_ahead_%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><strong>\u201cHey Rook, do you see something ahead ?<\/strong>\u201d<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>NoRAD : North American Recon and Air Defence <\/strong>is situated in the hilly mountains of Alaska \u2013 trainee Canadian Pilots come , visit the place and get their certifications of Fighter Pilot High Altitude Warfare Badge \u2013 the US Air Force houses a small squadron of about 11 aircrafts here \u2013 camouflaged in snow white \u2013 occasionally going out for routine checks and training flights.<\/p>\n<p>Trainee US Air Force pilots JFO \u201cColt\u201d Styris and RWO \u201cCash\u201d Penn were going on about their routine night sortie when suddenly, at above 11000 ft from the surface \u2013 they saw something hovering among the clouds \u2013 it was moving!<\/p>\n<p>They detected something that looked like a balloon \u2013 they made a call that could get them fired from their jobs. They took it down and reported it to NoRAD intelligence. Tracing the place of origin was tough since any markings were meticulously filed away \u2013 until they took a look inside the motor \u2013 and lenses \u2013 they were made of military grade materials. The publicly available records show how various state enterprises have roles in ballooning, including a government research institute focused on satellites and optical imaging. And in the desolate grasslands of Inner Mongolia, an octagon-shaped slab of concrete marks what is thought to be a launch site for Chinese balloons, according to San Francisco-based satellite-imaging firm\u00a0Planet Labs\u00a0PBC, which provided The Wall Street Journal with the photo, and identified by Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, Calif.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iQuanta.in\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-02-at-12.55.10-PM-300x57.jpeg\" alt=\"iQuanta CAT 2023 Course\" width=\"711\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-02-at-12.55.10-PM-300x57.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-02-at-12.55.10-PM-1024x194.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-02-at-12.55.10-PM-768x145.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-02-at-12.55.10-PM-150x28.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-02-at-12.55.10-PM-696x132.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-02-at-12.55.10-PM-1068x202.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.iquanta.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-01-02-at-12.55.10-PM.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 711px) 100vw, 711px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The science academy in China that did the early tests is now a leading balloon development center and in 2017 announced plans for a balloon flight base at Siziwang Banner, the area in the Planet Labs image. China\u2019s space capsules return to Earth nearby, while Inner Mongolia is also associated with the nation\u2019s satellite program, though rocket and spaceflight control stations are spread around the nation, from Hainan in the south to western Gansu.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Economic_Impact\"><\/span><strong>Economic Impact\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>CIA, Pentagon and The Washington \u00a0got involved soon \u00a0and the phones in Langley started ringing like crazy \u2013 it had started \u2013 China got sent a show cause notice for flouting <strong><em>International Norms of Espionage <\/em><\/strong>\u2013 which Beijing declined saying it was a balloon meant for academic studies \u2013 something which quite didn\u2019t fit the mould. Alarmed, America started constricting it\u2019s financial and geopolitical ties with China \u2013 and whenever the two superpowers go to financial warfare \u2013 the global economy bears the worst of it. Rising inflation, recession feedback loop and supply chain bottlenecks were causing worries. With the Ukraine War going on \u2013 US trade embargo with Russia forced it to constrict its financial ties with China \u2013 the China Taiwan crisis was also going on and US was to be the mediator. Suddenly, Washington had too much on their plate. China suddenly was at their throats and the Americans did what they do best. They tried to put China in a financial chokehold, a decision that was ambitious, even for the USA.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the balloon hunt was still on \u2013 with the tally increasing each day.<\/p>\n<p>Colt and Cash got promoted, and lead their squadron of six in search of spywares in Alaska now.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"CAT_2023_Prep_Group_Join_Here-2\"><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chat.whatsapp.com\/G2CPnodkrxS8r1c8xhCBQI\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CAT 2023 Prep Group.<\/span> <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Join Here!<\/span><\/a><\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CA_vacation_in_a_foreign_land_Uncle_Sam_does_the_best_he_can%E2%80%A6%E2%80%9D\"><\/span><strong>\u201cA vacation in a foreign land, Uncle Sam does the best he can&#8230;\u201d<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, a war was still going on in Ukraine \u2013 with NATO and US, Canada almost directly involved in a war with Russia. The war made things back home worse \u2013 and with a hole in both China and Uncle Sam\u2019s pocket \u2013 the smaller economies dependent on the two bore the worst of it \u2013 Pakistan financial crisis and slowly dying alliance that it had with the US can be used as a indicator to that \u2013 and some might argue it to be a far shot and long drawn conclusion \u2013 that\u2019s the beauty of both geo political and global monetary framework \u2013 it\u2019s like a spiders web \u2013 a tug at one of the strings causes the whole web to rattle \u2013 a favor we owe to globalization , connectivity and the interconnected networks nations and corporates use.<\/p>\n<p>Coming from a long line of fighter pilots and aces \u2013 SFO First Class Dean \u201cCowboy\u201d Styris \u2013 a Texan Helicopter Pilot goes out for a morning air support routine in his Apache Gunship \u2013 remember Colt from the NoRAD? Dean is his older brother. Sons of Corporal Lee Styris \u2013 both brothers serve their country in different fronts. While Dean sees dogfights everyday \u2013 Colt goes out in search of balloons in stormy Alaska weather at nights where visibility hits close to zero.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a tough job , I mean I know we signed up for this \u2013 and I know Colt \u2013 but whenever he flies I feel uneasy \u2013 that\u2019s , that\u2019s my baby brother man..\u201d \u2013 The rest of Dean\u2019s dialogue gets muffled as he puts on his headgear to fly.<\/p>\n<p>Two brothers fighting against a Chinese Intelligence Officer\u2019s masterplan for vengeance.<\/p>\n<p>Two nations fighting battle, two financial and political superpowers colliding.<\/p>\n<p><strong> iQuanta guides you in your CAT preparation from the very basics. For high content relevancy and 24*7 doubt solving, enroll for iQuanta&#8217;s CAT 2023 Course. 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