> My point was that a Chinese weather balloon caused diplomatic reactions No, a Chinese airborne reconnaissance platform - in the press quickly dubbed 'spy bal

> My point was that a Chinese weather balloon caused diplomatic reactions No, a Chinese airborne reconnaissance platform - in the press quickly dubbed 'spy balloon' - caused diplomatic reactions, as well it should. The problems would have been averted had the USA authorities reacted when the thing entered their airspace instead of when it was about to leave it - surely China would not object to having their 'blown off-course weather balloon' taken down before it could crash on a school bus full of children? - but that is another story. China does have a problem with spent stages from its rockets falling down on land but the victims mostly reside in China itself due to the location of the launch bases and the launch trajectories, e.g. Long March 2C first stage crashes in village: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6n7t3s?syndication=273844 https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6n7t3s?syndication=273844 Long March 4B first stage crashes next to school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjlB48N7Tus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjlB48N7Tus China's rocket dropping habit, Chinese rockets are frequently launched over populated areas - sometimes crashing into towns and villages. This video looks at why China began doing this in the first place and how developing reusable rockets might fix this issue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2CRwVgqHA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh2CRwVgqHA China Tries To Solve Its Rocket Debris Problem Warnings aren't enough, but reusable rockets might be https://spectrum.ieee.org/chinas-rocket-debris-problem https://spectrum.ieee.org/chinas-rocket-debris-problem