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12 December, 2024
US-China relations
China warns ‘dangerous’ US actions are raising risk of space arms race
Defence ministry in Beijing issues warning after US Space Force extended its operations to Japan for the first time this month.
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China manufacturing
With more than 10,000 ‘little giants’, China beats 2025 goal amid US tech war
3 Dec 2024 - 1:06PM
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China technology
China’s next-gen BeiDou satellite system to ramp up rivalry with US-based GPS
29 Nov 2024 - 8:00PM
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China airliners
China’s C919 order backlog raises urgency for foreign-part acquisitions
Officials hope to eventually source hi-tech plane components domestically to drive industrial self-sufficiency, but for now overseas producers are essential.
20 Nov 2024 - 10:43AM
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With China’s C919 flying high, factory visits aim to replicate Boeing’s success
Taking a page out of rivals’ playbooks, China’s Comac wants to turn its Shanghai plane factory into a tourism hotspot.
20 Nov 2024 - 10:48AM
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China airliners
US, European plane-part giants aspire to power China’s widebody C929 ambitions
China is on a path toward self-sufficiency, but advanced plane parts from overseas remain essential to its aviation dreams.
15 Nov 2024 - 4:10PM
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China’s space ambitions face ‘huge test’ from Musk presence in Trump White House
Chinese observers say Beijing needs to stick to its own milestones and avoid getting into a race with the US if possible.
13 Nov 2024 - 8:35PM
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China's military weapons
New stealth fighter stars at China’s biggest air show
13 Nov 2024 - 3:45PM
China airliners
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China’s 4 commercial jets unboxed: from the rebranded C909 to a futuristic C939
More details about China’s home-grown passenger planes emerge at Zhuhai air show, with new sales and lofty aviation ambitions on display.
20 Nov 2024 - 10:49AM
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China airliners
China’s widebody C929 jet lands first buyer at top-flight Zhuhai air show
The home-grown C929, still under development, was the subject of a preliminary purchase agreement at China’s premier air show.
10 Dec 2024 - 6:35PM
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US-China tech war
Musk’s SpaceX asks Taiwanese suppliers to move production abroad
The US company has requested multiple satellite component manufacturers to produce outside Taiwan, sources say.
6 Nov 2024 - 11:00AM
China's economic recovery
Why are international airlines cutting flights to China?
Fewer flights to China by Western airlines seen as a reflection of reduced demand for business travel amid economic slowdown.
20 Oct 2024 - 4:00PM
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China’s C919 passenger plane
Mentor or rival? China takes notes from Brazilian giant Embraer as C919 soars
Aviation exchanges are expected as President Xi Jinping visits Brazil next month.
7 Oct 2024 - 11:06PM
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Science
What time is it on the moon? China and the US are racing to decide
The space rivals are spearheading separate initiatives to create time standards that will be used to coordinate international lunar missions.
5 Oct 2024 - 8:30AM
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Science
‘Fierce international competition’ has China upgrading major radio telescope
An array of 24 radio telescopes will be built around China’s FAST to help boost the massive telescope’s resolution.
26 Sep 2024 - 6:12PM
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China's space programme
What is Asia’s role in the global space race?
22 Sep 2024 - 9:00AM
Science
How Chinese expertise helped to build US aerospace programmes
Throughout America’s ambition to lead the world in space exploration, engineers born in China have played major roles.
25 Sep 2024 - 4:17PM
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US-China relations
US charges employee of Chinese aerospace giant with hacking Nasa, US military
Song Wu, a Chinese national, is charged in Atlanta, Georgia with 14 counts of wire fraud and 14 counts of aggravated identity theft.
17 Sep 2024 - 10:11AM
China-Philippines relations
China-Philippine flights to get wings clipped amid low demand, geopolitics
An expected reduction in routes between China and the Philippines comes as post-pandemic demand has not taken off, while their maritime dispute has also chilled travel.
25 Sep 2024 - 6:21PM
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China sets 2028 date for historic Mars mission – as US plan left in limbo
In the race for the red planet, China has taken the lead, with its Tianwen-3 mission launch date brought forward two years.
25 Sep 2024 - 4:26PM
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US-China relations
Eyeing China, US plans to deploy satellites to track targets by 2030s
Senior Space Force official describes Beijing and Moscow as ‘pacing challenges’ that can ‘target and destroy space systems’ in all orbits.
5 Sep 2024 - 5:55AM
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Science
Steps to prevent arms race in outer space agreed by UN expert body
The act of consensus is perceived as a move towards peace in space.
28 Aug 2024 - 11:10AM
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China-Russia relations
China and Russia hold talks on ‘peaceful’ use of outer space
Space is one of the major emerging sectors where the two countries have been working to boost cooperation.
9 Aug 2024 - 10:32PM
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US-China relations
Why US right-wing Project 2025 could be bad news for China if Trump wins
Heritage Foundation road map for a Trump-led government has its sights set on Beijing as it answers, ‘How we can take on China’.
25 Sep 2024 - 3:17PM
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Science
Hungarian solar research lab signs up for China-led ILRS moon project
Robert Fay-Siebenburgen, president of Hungarian Solar Physics Foundation inks MOU with officials from China’s Deep Space Exploration Laboratory in Hefei, bringing ILRS partners to around 25.
22 Jul 2024 - 8:33PM
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US-China relations
China seeks space supremacy and to exploit it ‘to our detriment’: US intel head
Beijing’s advances in military applications cited as evidence of its plan to build ‘important capabilities to deter or to compel behaviours’.
18 Jul 2024 - 5:48AM
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Nato
Nato backs effort to save internet by rerouting to space in event of subsea attacks
Proposed initiative comes amid intensifying fears in the West that Russia or China could mine, sever or otherwise tamper with undersea cables during a military crisis.
9 Jul 2024 - 12:55PM
US-China relations
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US warnings against China’s tech dominance smack of thief crying ‘thief’
Washington’s accusations are clearly driven more by its fear of the US losing its tech hegemony than by China overtaking it.
2 Jul 2024 - 10:07AM
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