JForrest English : 'Total miscalculation' : China goes into crisis management mode on ballon fallout

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'Total miscalculation' : China goes into crisis management mode on balloon fallout

miscalculation - wrong calculation

fallout - the unpleasant results or effects of an action or event

China maintains the vessel, which was shot down by the US over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday, was a weather balloon thrown off course.

maintains - to express firmly your belief that something is true

Joe maintains that he didn't steal from the company. 

And it has shown signs of both being caught off guard by the incident and wanting to stem the potential damage, analysts say, not only framing the situation as the result of factors beyond its control, but also offering a rare expression of "regret" over it in a statement Friday.

caught off guard - to not expect something to happen

I was caught off by the surprise party 

To be caught off guard

To stem - to stop something unwanted from spreading or increasing.

To be beyond one's control - to have no control over the situation

Her actions are beyond my control.

Beijing has given sparse details on the origins of the balloon, which it first confirmed was from China in an explanation issued more than 12 hours after the Pentagon announced it was tracking the object.

sparse - not many, very little/few

The food at my surprise party was sparse. 

Chinese state media on Saturday also announced the head of the country's weather service was relieved of his duty, in a move seen by some analysts as an attempt to shore up Beijing's position the high-altitude balloon was of civilian nature mainly for meteorological purposes. The official, however, had already been expected to depart after being appointed to a new post in January.

The head of the company is the CEO

The head of the company is Mary Smith

relieved of his duty - fired

shore up - support or improve 

"This balloon incident now sets us back significantly, because the calendar of US-China relations just over the next several months does not allow a whole lot of space for the two sides to reset," said Jude Blanchette, adding the meeting had beed a chance for setting some boundaries for the relationship.

sets us back - To delay - a person, event, process

We had to postpone the project because of a setback

The funding issue set us back.

China will hold its annual legislative sessions next month, when a reshuffle of leadership in the central government will be formalized.

In the US, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is reportedly planning to visit Taiwan - a move that will inevitably spark the ire of Beijing.

ire - anger

something causes something to happen

reportedly - not 100% certain - Joe reportedly stole from the company, but he maintains that he didn't do it.