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Track China’s ambitious aerospace advancements, from the home-grown commercial aircraft to space exploration, and their global impact.
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12 December, 2024
China says it is committed to peaceful activities in outer space. Photo: Xinhua
US-China relations

China warns ‘dangerous’ US actions are raising risk of space arms race

Defence ministry in Beijing issues warning after the 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

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China technology

China’s next-gen BeiDou satellite system to ramp up rivalry with US-based GPS

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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.

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A C919 single-aisle jet is on display at the Zhuhai air show this week. The Chinese jet relies on LEAP engines from US-French joint-venture CFM International to get airborne. Photo: Frank Chen
China airliners

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.

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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.

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US-China relations

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.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on stage at a campaign rally for Donald Trump during the US presidential election campaign. Photo: AFP
China's military weapons

New stealth fighter stars at China’s biggest air show

China airliners

Explainer | 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.

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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.

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China’s Comac brought several of its planes to the Zhuhai air show, including the renamed C909. Photo: Frank Chen
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.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from lthe Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Photo: Reuters
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.

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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.

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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.

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Clocks on Earth and the moon tick at different speeds because of the different gravitational fields. Photo: Shutterstock
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.

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China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) will get a major upgrade, it has been announced. Photo: Xinhua
China's space programme

What is Asia’s role in the global space race?

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.

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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.

Chinese national Song Wu allegedly tried to hack Nasa, according to an indictment announced in Atlanta. Photo: Reuters
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.

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Science

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.

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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.

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A screengrab of General Michael Guetlein of the United States Space Force speaking in Virginia on Wednesday.
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.

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A UN body of experts says it has agreed on practical measures to prevent an arms race in outer space. Image: Shutterstock
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.

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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’.

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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.

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A video promotes a joint China-Russia International Lunar Research Station. Some 25 countries and research bodies have joined the project. Photo: China National Space Administration
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’.

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A Chinese soldier walks by the Shenzhou-18 spacecraft sitting atop a Long March rocket covered on a launch pad at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China on April 24, 2024. Photo: AP
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.

US-China relations

Opinion | 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.

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