The escalating rivalry between the world’s two most powerful countries, which has spread across the globe in recent years, has now expanded beyond the earthly, into the realms of the heavenly. As China has become deeply embroiled in strategic competition with the US – while heading towards outright hostilities with other regional neighbors – Washington’s … Read more
WENCHANG SPACE LAUNCH SITE, China — China launched an unmanned lunar spacecraft Friday in a unique mission to bring back samples from the far side of the moon, the latest step in a rapidly advancing Chinese space program that is boosting competition with the United States and others. Chang’e 6 lifted off on time at … Read more
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it affects the world. China will launch an unmanned lunar mission on Friday that aims to return samples from the far side of the moon for the first time, in a potentially … Read more
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it affects the world. China will launch an unmanned lunar mission on Friday that aims to return samples from the far side of the moon for the first time, in a potentially … Read more
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it affects the world. In the early days of 2020, as science sought answers to a mysterious virus outbreak in central China, a prominent Chinese virologist stepped forward to share crucial data … Read more
Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter which explores what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it affects the world. In the early days of 2020, as science sought answers to a mysterious virus outbreak in central China, a prominent Chinese virologist stepped forward to share crucial data … Read more
China is stepping up its bid to replace the US as a major space power. It’s moving “at breathtaking speed,” according to the US Space Force commander. China could use its control over space to target US satellites. After meeting with Japanese and South Korean officials in Tokyo on Friday, U.S. Space Force commander Gen. … Read more
Canadian lawmakers say they were recently warned they were being targeted by China-linked hackers — and now they’re wondering why that warning didn’t come from the federal government or one of Canada’s security services. “It is unacceptable that we have not been informed,” Conservative MP Garnett Genuis told the House of Commons on Monday after … Read more