Providing Funds or Know-How to Beijing’s Space Programs Should be Illegal: Report

Providing Funds or Know-How to Beijing’s Space Programs Should be Illegal: Report
A Long March-4C rocket lifts off from the southwestern Xichang launch center carrying the Queqiao ("Magpie Bridge") satellite in Xichang, China's southwestern Sichuan Province on May 21, 2018. -/AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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Congress should do more to block funds and know-how from finding their way into Chinese space programs, according to a report written for a U.S. government commission.

“The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is executing a long-term strategy to exploit U.S. technology, talent, and capital to build up its military space and counterspace programs and advance its strategic interests at the expense of the United States,” according to the report for the bipartisan U.S.–China Economic and Security Review Commission.
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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