Chinese spy balloons also spotted over Japan, Taiwan: report

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Chinese spy balloons have been tracked over Japan and Taiwan after similar aircraft traversed the US earlier this year, according to a new report. Photos have captured apparent Chinese crafts passing over northern Japan and Taiwan’s capital Taipei in recent years, the BBC’s “Panorama” program reported Monday. The UK outlet partnered with Wisconsin-based artificial intelligence company Synthetaic to produce new images to document that the China balloons “had been not just a one-off, but a continuing effort dating back at least five years,” according to former CIA East Asia analyst John Culver. The US shot down one balloon off the...