This aspect of Beijing’s “war beyond boundaries” has been driven forward by the concept of “civil-military fusion” to speed up development through the seamless integration of civilian and military technological progress. Since its inception, China’s space programme has been part of an arms race to overtake US military capabilities, stealing foreign intellectual property (including from Britain) and fast-tracking development. China’s launch of a new three-person crew to its orbiting space station, and its announcement of plans to send astronauts to the Moon before the end of the decade, is a highly symbolic moment a key pillar in Xi Jinping’s ambition to surpass the United States as the world’s leading technological power.īut it is not merely political posturing.
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