This is the first substantial study in the English language on China’s Space Programme.
Published in 2022, it has massive details and lists that are useful to the correct set of readers, but not much use to the general intelligent readers who just want to know how China, on its own, despite the US’s best efforts to stifle China, like banning China from participating in the International Space Station, managed to send satellites and spacecraft to the moon, to Mars, and built a space station in such a short period of time from 1955 to 2020.
The Wolf Amendment
In 2011, Congress passed the Wolf Amendment, which prohibits NASA from cooperating with China’s space program.
As a result, no Chinese astronaut has ever visited the ISS, and China is not an ISS partner.
Tiangong Space Station
China has developed its own space station, Tiangong (“Heavenly Palace”), as an alternative to the ISS.
This book explains the contributions of Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiao Ping, and Zhang Ziyang to China’s Space Programme.
Unfortunately, there is no narrative on Xi Jinping’s vision or contributions.
There is also no index. This severely hinders a reader from looking out areas of interest.
For the above reasons, a reasonably good effort by the writer but deserving of a 3-star only.