{"id":163041,"date":"2013-09-19T16:40:25","date_gmt":"2013-09-19T23:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=163041"},"modified":"2021-09-14T21:47:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T04:47:49","slug":"china-aims-train-foreign-astronauts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2013\/09\/china-aims-train-foreign-astronauts\/","title":{"rendered":"China Aims to Train Foreign Astronauts"},"content":{"rendered":"
According to Xinhua News Agency, China announced its plans on Monday to train foreign astronauts to work alongside their Chinese counterparts<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Reuters reports:<\/p>\n “Cooperation should be either bilateral or multilateral, with diversified and flexible models based on peace and a win-win cooperation,” he said.<\/p>\n The move will happen “at a proper time”, Wang told an international seminar in Beijing. Xinhua gave no other details.<\/p>\n […]\u00a0It is already working with Russia in the field of astronaut training, has a cooperative relationship with the European Space Agency and has begun talking to its opposite numbers in the United States, Wang added.<\/p>\n Beijing insists its space program is for peaceful purposes, but the U.S. Defense Department has highlighted China’s increasing space capabilities and said Beijing is pursuing a variety of activities aimed at preventing its adversaries from using space-based assets during a crisis. [Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n