It's kinda funny the feigned outrage of the Chinese. The decrying of a delay till it was over water from Republicans, the indignance on the part of those who saw the military response as heavy handed and so on. Everyone seems to see what they want to see. It has become known that apparently similar balloons flew over the US under the last administration, and nothing was done. I'm personally just fine with taking down a balloon, with spy potential flying over any country without permission. Especially if the balloon was out of control and potentially a danger to air traffic, as the Chinese say.