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WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday commended President Joe Biden for having “the guts” to take out a suspected Chinese spy balloon, but said the commander in chief waited too long to pull the trigger.

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China’s standing in the Asia-Pacific has been damaged by its decision to stick with "COVID-zero" for most of 2022, leaving the U.S. to cement its position as the most influential power in the region, according to an Australian research group.

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Beijing’s abrupt shift from expressing regret to threatening retaliation over the United States' claims about a spy balloon reflects the domestic imperative for Xi Jinping to show he’s standing up for China against external pressure, further narrowing the window to reset ties before the U.S. election season gets into full…

The U.S. military said on Sunday it is searching for remnants of the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon it shot down the previous day, in a dramatic spy saga that has further strained American-Chinese relations.

The Lowy Institute report ranks Japan as the third most powerful country in Asia, with India following in fourth place, and shows the pandemic has slowed China's rise over the last two years.

Republican lawmakers are accusing China of deliberating surveilling sensitive U.S. military sites with a suspected spy balloon

This latest incident is one of several times a Chinese balloon has been detected in US airspace in recent years