This week on the Caixin-Sinica Business Brief: A spat over a wandering balloon upsets U.S.-China relations, Baidu promises its own AI chatbot in March, and Beijing officials warn against NFT and metaverse scams.

In addition, we speak with Caixin Global's Kelsey Cheng about Ant Financial's progress toward getting back in the good graces of Beijing regulators.

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