By ZHAO LEI | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-09-19 13:39 China launched two satellites into space on Thursday morning for its Beidou Navigation Satellite System, according to the China Satellite Navigation Office. The satellites were carried by a Long March 3B rocket that lifted off at 9:14 am from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Southwest China's Sichuan province and were …
Editor's note: The State Council Information Office of the People's Republic of China published a white paper titled "China's BeiDou Navigation Satellite System in the New Era" on Friday. China is striving to make BDS one of the best navigation satellite systems in the world by achieving excellence in technology, construction, management and services. The stakeholders of innovative BDS applications …
MANILA, Philippines — China blasted a top U.S. Navy official Friday after he criticized Beijing’s increasingly aggressive actions in the South China Sea, saying it’s America’s military deployments in the disputed waters — which it called “navigation bullying” — that could spark confrontations. The Chinese Embassy in Manila said it strongly deplored U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro’s …
Mike Pompeo: To help deter China from aggression, the US has created a Space Force and has ramped up its freedom of navigation operations out and throughout the East and South China Seas, and in the Taiwan Strait as well. -- Since taking office, the current US administration has equated the "freedom of navigation" with the freedom of military action …
