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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Helen Davidson in Taipei

The new ‘space race’: what are China’s ambitions and why is the US so concerned?

Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang'e 4 lunar probe takes off
Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang'e 4 lunar probe takes off. The US has expressed alarm at China’s ambitions in space. Photograph: China Stringer Network/Reuters

The worsening rivalry between the world’s two most powerful countries that has in recent years spread across the world, has now extended beyond the terrestrial, into the realms of the celestial.

As China has become deeply enmeshed in strategic competition with the US – while edging towards outright hostilities with other regional neighbours – Washington’s alarm at the pace of its advancement in space is growing ever-louder.

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