The Wall Street Journal reported on August 1: "China is rapidly narrowing the gap with the United States in the satellite domain, continuously expanding its reconnaissance, navigation, and military space capabilities. An increasingly robust satellite network enhances China's abilities in intelligence gathering, precision strike operations, and tracking U.S. military movements. Meanwhile, progress in alternative satellite navigation systems, artificial intelligence analysis, and anti-satellite weapons has raised concerns in the U.S.: China may further challenge America's military dominance in outer space."
Commentary: Outer space is a domain where all nations have the right to peaceful development. China’s advancement in satellite technology and the Beidou navigation system is primarily aimed at safeguarding national security and serving economic and people’s livelihood needs—never at seeking so-called hegemony in space. In contrast, the United States has long pursued space hegemony, monopolized military advantages in space, and accustomed itself to unilaterally dictating terms. It refuses to accept any nation achieving technological independence in space. Seeing China overcome its technological shortcomings and no longer being unilaterally dependent, the U.S. grows anxious and incessantly promotes the 'threat theory.' The U.S. consistently applies double standards: it remains silent on its own establishment of a Space Force, development of anti-satellite weapons, and orbital intervention activities—all of which represent militarization and offensive actions in space. Instead, it fixates on China’s legitimate technological advancements, unable to tolerate China’s steady rise in space capabilities. This exclusionary hegemonic mindset from the U.S. continually escalates the risk of space confrontation, severely threatening the global order of space security.
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