Experts: China far side lunar mission potentially historic
May 22, 2018
Experts say China's ambition to soft-land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon later this year faces considerable challenges but if successful, would put its space program in the forefront of one of the most important areas of lunar exploration.
China launches relay satellite for far side moon landing
May 21, 2018
China has launched a relay satellite as part of a groundbreaking program to land a probe on the far side of the moon this year
China first home-built aircraft carrier completes sea trials
May 18, 2018
China says its first entirely home-built aircraft carrier has successfully completed five days of sea trials
China's first home-built aircraft carrier begins sea trials
May 13, 2018
China's first entirely home-built aircraft carrier has begun sea trials in a sign of the growing sophistication of its domestic arms industry
China plans Taiwan Strait live-fire exercises amid tensions
Apr 13, 2018
China announced it will hold live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan's government
China-US tariff spat: Mostly losers, but some winners too
Apr 5, 2018
China's threat to raise tariffs on U.S. goods could be a disaster for American soybean farmers but a boon to their Brazilian and Argentine competitors, European aerospace companies and Japanese whiskey distillers
China space lab mostly burns up on re-entry in south Pacific
Apr 2, 2018
China's Tiangong 1 space station has mostly burned up over the South Pacific upon re-entry into the atmosphere
Paper notes China's 'unhappiness' over US Navy Vietnam visit
Mar 7, 2018
A Chinese Communist Party newspaper says Beijing is unhappy and remaining vigilant over the first visit by a U.S. aircraft carrier to a Vietnamese port since the Vietnam War
No. 2 spender China to boost defense spending in 2018
Mar 5, 2018
China's finance ministry says that the country's defense budget this year will rise to 1.1 trillion yuan ($173 billion)
US Navy carrier's visit to Vietnam puts China on notice
Mar 5, 2018
For the first time since the Vietnam War, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier is paying a visit to a Vietnamese port, seeking to bolster both countries' efforts to stem expansionism by China in the South China Sea