202502132141 Tags: #china #space-power-theory #spacepower-ascendant #joshua-carlson # Chinese Space Competition | Note | Page | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---- | | Their ([[Chinese Space Power]]) behavior on Earth will be reflected in their behavior in space.  Only America and its allies stand in its way. | 6 | | While China's generals parade [[Anti-Satellite (ASAT)]] weapons in Tiananmen Square, Chinese and Russian diplomats at the United Nations parade a document titled the Prevention of the Placement of Weapons in [[Outer Space Treaty]].  Their charade of good will is nothing more than a brazen act of law-fare; an attempt to trick the West into agreeing to forego defending our space systems upon which our militaries, economic centers, and information driven societies depend.  Acceding to such a treaty would open the West up to rapid defeat at the hands of a cheater.  As already shown, China is a cheater. | 6 | | Keeping a myopic focus on supporting terrestrial warfighters allows the Chinese the opportunity to seize the strategic points in space as well as the real estate with the highest commercial value.  America must not let this happen. | 8 | | China has envisioned space as the future lynchpin of their global empire and is taking steps to make that vision reality. Space has resources, energy, and area for massive industrial undertakings, if there is a vision to see it. China has that vision, and they are driving hard for it. | 10 | --- # References 1. Carlson, Joshua. 2020. “Chapter 1: America’s Silent Adversary.” Pp. 12–16 in _Spacepower Ascendant: Space Development Theory and a New Space Strategy_.