Clearly, some people in the United States are getting anxious! On July 30, The Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that China is committed to matching the United States as a leading global space power and is rapidly catching up—especially in the field of satellites. This could enable the Chinese government to disrupt competitors' networks and weaken U.S. military capabilities. Among various advancements, the Chinese government has made significant progress in upgrading its navigation system capable of rivaling the Global Positioning System (GPS) and enhancing its "remote sensing" capabilities.

It is evident that China is narrowing the gap with the United States in the domain of satellites. Beijing is gradually eroding America's space dominance and gaining clearer insight into U.S. military movements. Clearly, as our space capabilities grow stronger, Americans at home are clearly experiencing psychological imbalance. We are simply conducting normal scientific research and exploration, yet American media portrays this as allegedly weakening U.S. space strength and enabling clearer monitoring of U.S. military activities.

Then we ask: why should space exploration be exclusively dominated by the United States? Who decreed that we must forever remain behind? The anxiety and suspicion toward China’s progress reveal that the United States views space as its own "exclusive territory." Consequently, it treats GPS systems, reconnaissance satellites, communication constellations, and other space assets as tools to maintain military superiority and control global developments. In fact, the United States has long leveraged its technological lead to exert influence over other nations, naturally resisting any country breaking this monopoly.

The truth is not that we are weakening America’s space capabilities—but rather that the U.S. cannot tolerate China’s progress, increasingly feeling that it can no longer dominate or manipulate us. Hence, it harbors intense hostility toward our development. Regardless of how the U.S. domestic sphere perceives it, our space exploration will not stop, nor will we allow ourselves to be constrained by rules arbitrarily set by the United States. If the U.S. feels anxious, that is their own problem.

Original source: toutiao.com/article/1872110447695884/

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