“That’s it,” Xi Jinping summarizes glumly. “They’re in the same shit that we were in last April with the Beijing–Shenzhen flight from January. They’re holding two hundred forty-three people at their base on the East Coast…Compared to how many already from the Airbus?” “There are three hundred twenty-two of them, Comrade President,” says a general. “Most of them are still at the Huiyang military air base.” “Should we tell the Americans about that flight?” asks a woman in civilian dress. “Not right away. Maybe never. They haven’t asked for any of the fifteen Americans on board. They’re not
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