West will feel the force of China's space programme
China's space programme has rapidly emerged as a powerful mix of military and civil programmes
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- Space in Chinese military doctrine
- Offensive capabilities
- US Pacific concerns
- Chinese commercial space interests
- Space and Chinese political interests
- Science
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_350.jpg "China's Long March-6 rocket, carrying 20 micro-satellites, blasts off in Taiyuan, China (Reuters/China Daily)")