Catch up on some of SCMP’s biggest China stories of the day. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. ‘Fake news’: China dismisses claims of US trade talks China denied it has made any overtures to the United States on trade negotiations, dismissing claims of progress on bilateral…
China’s final space launch attempt of the year failed to reach its designated orbit, resulting in the loss of all payloads on board. But it still concluded a record-breaking year for China’s space industry – with 68 orbital launch attempts, one more than last year’s high. The Kinetica-1 Y6 rocket, developed by leading Chinese commercial…
China has launched the first satellites for its GuoWang megaconstellation, intensifying the race for space-based broadband internet services both domestically and internationally. A group of satellites lifted off aboard a Long March-5B rocket coupled with the Yuanzheng-2 upper stage from southern China’s Wenchang spaceport at 6pm and later reached their designated low-Earth orbit, according to…
A common saying often attributed to Oscar Wilde is that “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness,” and the latest example of that comes from the space race. China unveiled a new space shuttle last week to keep the Tiangong station supplied as the nation expands its space operations….
BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Monday after a six-month stay on China’s Tiangong space station. A parachute slowed their capsule’s nighttime descent to a remote landing area in China’s Inner Mongolia region. The crew emerged after touching down at 1:24 a.m. A Chinese national flag stuck in the ground near…
China has given the green light to a new space shuttle more than a decade after the United States pulled the plug on its own programme. The reusable Haolong vessel will be uncrewed and aims to cut the cost of transporting cargo to and from China’s Tiangong space station and boost efficiency. Lin Xiqiang, deputy…
Nuclear rocket scientist Wang Haoze has made history as the first civilian Chinese female astronaut, after she and the rest of the Shenzhou-19 spaceship crew blasted off on Wednesday morning on a mission to China’s Tiangong space station. The journey is all the more remarkable for Wang, who thought she never would have had a…
Jiuquan: China’s only woman spaceflight engineer will be among a fresh crew of three astronauts sent to its Tiangong space station this week, Beijing announced Tuesday. The Shenzhou-19 mission is scheduled to blast off with its trio of space explorers at 4:27 am Wednesday (2027 GMT Tuesday) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest…