what are China’s ambitions and why is the US so concerned?

The escalating rivalry between the world's two most powerful countries, which has spread across the globe in recent years, has now expanded beyond the earthly, into the realms of the heavenly.

As China has become deeply embroiled in strategic competition with the US - while heading towards outright hostilities with other regional neighbors - Washington's alarm over the pace of its progress in space is growing louder.

Beijing has made no secret of its ambitions, and a wave of recent successful space missions has shown that the government's rhetoric is backed by technological advances.

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