China space program

Space, AI, and quantum computing and communication are China’s top technology priorities. How advanced are its capabilities in each? 

Insights from Benjamin Charlton. 

The 23-ton Wentian laboratory is designed for science and biology experiments.

Beijing’s “no limits” partnership with Moscow is likely to destroy its dream of having European astronauts fly to the Chinese space station.

The high-tech mega-project is still in an early stage, but will have both economic and military implications.

While China’s white paper on space is a good transparency move, the goals enshrined in the document may also make space more competitive.

The United States is not falling behind China in space – quite the contrary.

Integration between China and Russia’s satellite networks will have major implications for the United States.

With three astronauts set to spend six months on China’s space station, this is China’s most ambitious human space mission to date.

China is sending three astronauts to spend six months aboard its space station – which it built after being excluded from the ISS.

Russia-U.S. cooperation in space shows that the China exclusion policy is motivated less by security risks than by a U.S. fear of losing its leadership position.