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

As China launches its Chang’e-6 mission to the far side of the moon, US officials have expressed alarm at the pace of its advancementsChina to launch ambitious moon missionThe 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...

Sun May 5, 2024 04:25
Xi Jinping to visit France, Hungary and Serbia amid EU trade tariff row

China’s president arrives as EU anti-subsidy investigations and tensions over espionage, Ukraine and Taiwan continueChina’s president, Xi Jinping, is to visit Europe next week for the first time in five years, in a tour that will take in the unlikely trifecta of France, Hungary and Serbia.The visit comes as China pushes to avoid a trade war with the...

Sat May 4, 2024 07:06
China launches uncrewed rocket to far side of moon – video

China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon in a world first, part of its goal to land a human on the lunar surface by 2030. A rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe blasted off from the Wenchang space launch centre in Hainan province. The mission has drawn concern from China's major rival, the US, over Beijing's geopolitical...

Fri May 3, 2024 16:37
A new cold war? World war three? How do we navigate this age of confusion? | Timothy Garton Ash

In history, as in romance, beginnings matter – so what we do now will be crucial in shaping the futureIn these times of planetary polycrisis, we try to get our bearings by looking to the past. Are we perhaps in The New Cold War, as Robin Niblett, the former director of the foreign affairs thinktank Chatham House, proposes in a new book? Is this bringing...

Fri May 3, 2024 09:08
‘I decided to not let anybody silence my voice’: the journalists in exile but still at risk

Threats from the state have led many journalists across the world to flee their home countries to report from elsewhere. But for many the intimidation did not stop when they leftIllustrations by Joe McKendryFardad Farahzad, journalist, Iran International Continue reading...

Fri May 3, 2024 07:10
China launches ambitious mission to far side of the moon

The launch of the uncrewed Chang’e-6 is part of China’s effort to put a human on the lunar surface by 2030China has launched a probe to collect samples from the far side of the moon - in a world first - as part of its goal to land a human on the lunar surface by 2030.A rocket carrying the Chang’e-6 lunar probe blasted off from the Wenchang Space Launch...

Fri May 3, 2024 03:07

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