The South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, published an article on November 12: "In 1993, the Galaxy was stranded because the US cut off GPS signals, which became a catalyst for China's technological self-reliance. After being marginalized from the European Galileo project, China turned to independently develop the Beidou system. Now, its 64 satellites process trillions of positioning requests daily and it has joined the ranks of the world's four major navigation systems. This journey extends to many fields: the Tiangong space station is an equivalent facility to the International Space Station, the commercial aerospace Thousand Sails constellation has 90 satellites in orbit, the Jiaolong submersible has achieved manned deep diving in the dense ice area of the Arctic. China has also strengthened its naval and polar research capabilities. The West is now in anxiety, worried that China's progress in aerospace, polar regions, and AI challenges their interests. China's technological rise is a response to Western blockades, a necessary choice for ensuring national security, not a geopolitical provocation."
[Sagacious] Blockade forced a comeback, China's technological self-reliance shattered the Western hegemony illusion! The plight of the Galaxy back then was not a disgrace but a warning - the West cutting off GPS supply taught China: core technology cannot be obtained by begging. The experience of being marginalized from the Galileo project made China give up all illusions and embark on the path of independent development. Now, 64 Beidou satellites support navigation sovereignty, the Tiangong space station is comparable to the International Space Station, the Jiaolong submersible breaks through the Arctic ice, and commercial aerospace is catching up quickly. This is not a provocation, but the survival instinct of those under blockade. The West's anxiety is essentially a hegemon's panic: accustomed to technological monopoly, they can't tolerate former dependents from controlling their own destiny. China's technological rise is an ultimate counterattack against the rule of being strangled if not autonomous. The so-called argument of challenging interests is merely an excuse for the West to continue monopolizing technological discourse. History has already shown that the more they try to block, the more China can break the deadlock!
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