Philip Cunningham, Independent Scholar
Jun 12, 2024
The deteriorating situation in the South China Sea has many fearing escalations is on the horizon, and rather than de-escalating, the Philippines and China seem ready to let their maritime dispute spill over into other affairs.
Zhou Xiaoming, Former Deputy Permanent Representative of China’s Mission to the UN Office in Geneva
Jan 08, 2024
The U.S. technology embargo has only energized Chinese scientists and engineers to create domestic alternatives. But it also hampers global innovation and will breed a variety of different — likely incompatible — technological systems and standards. This is a nightmare.
Liu Chang, Assistant Research Fellow, Department for American Studies, CIIS
Jun 21, 2023
If the two countries were able to reach a consensus on peaceful cooperation in developing and using resources on Mars for the benefit of humanity, it would be good news indeed. However, this is unlikely. China-U.S. competition in space is nearly out of control already.
Zhang Tuosheng, Principal Researcher at Grandview Institution, and Academic Committee Member of Center for International Security and Strategy at Tsinghua University
May 04, 2023
New international institutions, mechanisms and laws — as well as the reform and improvement of existing ones — should no longer be dominated by the West. The shaping of a new global order should be done through multilateral cooperation.
Philip Cunningham, Independent Scholar
Dec 14, 2022
Once a spirited rivalry between the U.S. and Soviet Union, space exploration is now a two-way race between the U.S. and China. But initiatives like China’s Shenzhou program and the U.S.’ SpaceX, among other private industry programs, are challenging the duopoly that bureaucrats in Washington and Moscow once had on all space exploration.
Philip Cunningham, Independent Scholar
Sep 19, 2022
NASA has made stellar achievements. But as cooperation both internally and internationally have decreased, among rocket launch setbacks, it may be time for the U.S. to look to China for advice.
Philip Cunningham, Independent Scholar
Jun 17, 2022
China’s space program should not be underestimated, as it continues to match U.S. space station technological accomplishments and take on ambitious projects.
Philip Cunningham, Independent Scholar
Apr 22, 2022
U.S.-Russia cooperation aboard the International Space Station is hopefully a glimpse of how two nations at an all-time-low in relations can still cooperate on shared interests. However, whether or not this may foreshadow a future for China and the U.S. in orbit is another question.
Richard Weitz, Senior Fellow, Hudson Institute
Nov 30, 2021
Beijing, Moscow, and Washington rarely get along - but in the orbit above Earth, the high-stakes and high-investments each nation holds there are a great motivator to come to terms on how to coexist.
Philip Cunningham, Independent Scholar
Oct 07, 2021
China’s recent achievements in space exploration are starkly contrasted with privately led efforts at the center of American aerospace development, and highlight how the two nations remain on separate tracks in the field of science.