The Chinese Space Program: A Mystery Within a Maze (Orbit : a Foundation Series)

This is a comprehesive analysis of Chinese efforts in space. It describes the activities the Chinese are engaged in within the context of political, economic and cultural parameters critical to realistic and pragmatic policy analysis. Projections are then offered from the information provided concerning where China might be going in the future, and what policy actions the United States might take to avoid a confrontational stance with China and to encourage Bejing to build a more stable, cooperative regime.