1st Edition

Chinese Space Policy A Study in Domestic and International Politics

By Roger Handberg, Zhen Li Copyright 2007
208 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

208 Pages 6 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This volume explains the beginnings and expansion of China's space program, analyzing how China is now able to hold such ambitions and how the interaction between technology, politics and economics has influenced the Chinese space program. It opens by tracing out the earlier development of the space program and identifying the successes and problems that plagued this initial effort, later... Read more

List of Figures and Tables  Preface  1. Overcoming the Past, Seizing the Future  2. China as Space Follower and Leader  3. First Awakenings  4. Accelerating the Rise of China’s Space Program  5. The Politics of Chinese Human Spaceflight  6. Assessing China’s Future in Space  Bibliography  Index

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