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For the Chinese, historical context and cultural heritage are very important in today’s world, look back over millennia. China has been the global leader in exploration for 5,000 years. Ian Hudson and I had a great interview about it,
Ian Hudson: Columbus who? The Chinese got to the Americas generations before him; he used their map! The proof is everywhere we look. China Rising Radio Sinoland 240828
Not to mention being centuries ahead of the Judeo-West in all facets of technology, innovation and invention,
China Tech: Invention, Innovation, Technology, Research and Development – Past, Present, Future – 5,000 Years of Progress. A China Rising Radio Sinoland Living Document. By: Jeff J. Brown
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- Former US Defense Secretary James Mattis warned that China would revive a Ming dynasty-style model of projecting global military, technological, and economic influence, a view initially dismissed by academics a decade ago.
- Official Launch of “Tiangong Kaiwu”: On January 29, China announced the official launch of the “Tiangong Kaiwu” national space resources development programme, a nearly century-long project named after a famous 17th-century Ming encyclopedia.
- Interplanetary Ambitions: The project, led by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), aims to build a vast interplanetary fleet to explore and mine resources on Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Venus, and asteroids.
- Ming Dynasty Inspiration: Scientists involved say the project is inspired by the Ming dynasty scientific philosophy that “materials are born of nature; humans transform them through craftsmanship,” suggesting China aims to extend Admiral Zheng He’s voyages to the solar system.
- Concurrent Cultural Revival: The project coincides with a nationwide revival of interest in the Ming dynasty among young Chinese, who are embracing Ming-style clothing and visiting the Forbidden City, a shift with potential geopolitical implications.
- Project Origins: The “Tiangong Kaiwu” concept originated in a 2023 paper by CAS academician Wang Wei and other scientists, outlining a phased system to develop resources from Earth’s orbit to deep space.
- Phased Rollout: The CASC plan has specific milestones: demonstration missions from 2026-2030, a lunar and near-Earth asteroid mining system by 2035, and Mars and main-belt asteroid development by 2050.
- Long-Term Goals: By 2075, China aims to explore and develop resources on Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, and Venus. By 2100, the goal is to establish resource development capability across the entire solar system.
- Strategic Resources: The paper notes that near-Earth objects contain water and precious metals like nickel, platinum, and gold, which are strategic minerals for Earth’s sustainable development and future space facilities.
- Supporting Infrastructure: Beyond mining, China plans to build a gigawatt-class space-based digital infrastructure and conduct research on space debris monitoring to help shape international space traffic management rules.
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At the time, his views were widely questioned by mainstream academics as too aggressive. A decade ago, China still lagged far behind the United States.
But Mattis underestimated China’s ambitions.
On January 29, China announced the official launch of a national space resources development programme, an ambitious project spanning nearly a century.
According to the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), the plan is to build a vast interplanetary fleet to extend resource exploration and mining operations to Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury and Venus.
The project is named after the encyclopaedic work Tiangong Kaiwu (“The Exploitation of the Works of Nature”), published in 1637.
Scientists involved say the project draws inspiration from the Ming dynasty scientific philosophy: “Materials are born of nature; humans transform them through craftsmanship.”
Discussions related to the Ming dynasty are trending on social media, and a television drama about the 14th to 17th century era, filmed nearly two decades ago and long forgotten, has now surged to the top of viewership ratings after being rediscovered.
This profound cultural shift may have far-reaching implications for the future geopolitical landscape.
The “Tiangong Kaiwu” project concept goes back to 2023, when academician Wang Wei of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with other scientists, proposed it in a paper titled “Research on the Technology Architecture of Space Resource Exploitation”. It was published in the Journal of Astronautics in November that year.
Centred on Earth, the plan outlines a phased development system extending from cis-lunar space – or the space between the Earth and the moon – to deep space.
The long-term vision is to gradually build capabilities to develop resources across the solar system, including lunar and Martian resource development frameworks, near-Earth and main-belt asteroid mining systems, and exploration systems for gas giants and inner planets.
“Developing near-Earth small celestial bodies not only allows access to strategic minerals for Earth’s sustainable development but also provides fundamental materials for future space facilities and interstellar travel,” Wang stated in the paper.
“These near-Earth objects almost all contain water and many also contain precious metals like nickel, platinum and gold.”
According to the CASC plan, from 2026 to 2030, China will conduct demonstration missions to extract resources from near-Earth celestial bodies to verify technical feasibility. By around 2035, it aims to establish a lunar resource development system and a near-Earth small-body mining system to supply resources between Earth and the moon.
The objectives extend beyond asteroids. In the paper, the Chinese scientists meticulously and systematically outlined a road map for the exploration of solar system resources up to the year 2100.
Under CASC’s plan, the development goals for 2035 are the moon and near-Earth asteroids, while for 2050, they are Mars and the main belt asteroids – with China methodically advancing outward from one planet to the next.
Around the year 2075, China is expected to achieve the capability for in-depth exploration and resource development of Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury and Venus.
By around 2100, China will supplement the construction of resource supply stations, thereby establishing the capability for resource development across the entire solar system.
Tiangong Kaiwu is a renowned 17th-century Chinese encyclopaedia documenting over 130 types of handicraft techniques, including advanced textile processes and metallurgical methods.
Beyond space mining, China plans to establish a gigawatt-class space-based digital infrastructure, creating a new architecture that integrates cloud, edge and terminal nodes to deeply converge computing, storage and transmission capabilities.
It will also conduct key research on space debris monitoring, warning and removal – to help shape international rules for space traffic management and ensure the safety of space infrastructure.
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JEFF J. BROWN, Editor, China Rising, and Senior Editor & China Correspondent, Dispatch from Beijing, The Greanville Post
Jeff J. Brown is a geopolitical analyst, journalist, lecturer and the author of The China Trilogy. It consists of 44 Days Backpacking in China – The Middle Kingdom in the 21st Century, with the United States, Europe and the Fate of the World in Its Looking Glass (2013); Punto Press released China Rising – Capitalist Roads, Socialist Destinations (2016); and BIG Red Book on China (2020). As well, he published a textbook, Doctor WriteRead’s Treasure Trove to Great English (2015). Jeff is a Senior Editor & China Correspondent for The Greanville Post, where he keeps a column, Dispatch from Beijing and is a Global Opinion Leader at 21st Century. He also writes a column for The Saker, called the Moscow-Beijing Express. Jeff writes, interviews and podcasts on his own program, China Rising Radio Sinoland, which is also available on YouTube, Stitcher Radio, iTunes, Ivoox and RUvid. Guests have included Ramsey Clark, James Bradley, Moti Nissani, Godfree Roberts, Hiroyuki Hamada, The Saker and many others. [/su_spoiler]
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