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Blick auf Chinas Great Wall Station in der Antarktis, vor einem verschneiten Berg

China's ambitions in Antarctica

Satellite images show that China is building a fifth research station in Antarctica. While Beijing stresses that it wants to cooperate in the region with other states, Western observers warn of espionage. The US military reports about dual-use technology and suspicious antennas at China's stations.

By Jörn Petring

Berlin Global Forum_13/11

Suspicion instead of trust

Is the planned twinning between Kiel and Qingdao a Trojan horse for Chinese espionage? Naivety would be inappropriate when answering this question. But that is no reason to refrain from a city partnership.

By Experts Table.Briefings

Space X Starship lifts off for its first launch from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday, April 20,2023. Starship experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY SPX20230420254 THOMxBAUR

China builds own Starship rocket

The Starship developed by the US space company SpaceX is the most powerful space rocket ever. Even China seems to be impressed by the technology – and is throwing the previous concept of its planned heavy-lift rocket "Long March 9" overboard.

By Jörn Petring