Now that China’s Tianwen-1 probe has successfully landed its Zhurong rover on Mars, Beijing’s long march into space is intensifying. Space security and policy expert Kaitlyn Johnson explains the implications of China’s space programme to Jamie Fullerton On 29 April 2021, with a live performance from the Xi’an Symphony Orchestra taking place in the foreground on the Chinese island of Hainan, China’s Tianhe module was blasted into space. It carried …
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Wayne Shiong, Partner at China Growth Capital, explains why he is boldly investing where few have gone before… in the commercial space industry The space industry carries humankind’s dreams of going into space and the mission to explore the resources it contains. On 3 Jan 2019, China made space history by becoming the first country to successfully land a robotic spacecraft, named Chang’e-4, on the far side of the Moon. …