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December 08, 2025
ROCKET SCIENCE
Sea based rocket net recovery platform enters service for Chinese reusable launchers



Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
China has taken delivery of its first sea based platform designed to recover rockets using a net system, adding a key element to national plans for reusable launch vehicles. The vessel, named Linghangzhe or Pathfinder, has been certified by the China Classification Society, becoming the first sea based rocket recovery platform in the country to receive the required class and statutory approvals. Linghangzhe follows the August deployment of Chinese commercial rocket company i Space's landing ... read more

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STELLAR CHEMISTRY
New mass measurements refine X ray burst reaction flow
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
A team at the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has directly measured the masses of the short lived nuclei phosphorus-26 and sulfur-27, providing data needed to determin ... more
TECH SPACE
Shenzhou XX capsule to return without crew after debris incident
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
After a potential space debris impact, the Shenzhou XX spaceship, currently docked with Chinas space station, will make an uncrewed return to Earth, according to Ji Qiming, a project spokesperson wi ... more
DRAGON SPACE
Wenchang spaceport hits record cadence with double-digit launches in 2025
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
China's Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site has reached a new milestone in 2025, logging its 10th orbital mission of the year and achieving double-digit annual launches for the first time since operatio ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Japan summons China envoy over fighter jet incident
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
Tokyo has summoned Beijing's ambassador after Chinese military aircraft locked radar onto Japanese jets, the latest incident in the row ignited after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's comments backing Taiwan. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Pandas and ping-pong as screaming students give Macron rockstar greeting in China
Chengdu, China (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Surrounded by security, French President Emmanuel Macron made his way through crowds of young fans screaming in excitement at a university in southern China on Friday, receiving a greeting more reminiscent of a rockstar than a politician. ... more
SPACEWAR
Kuaizhou 1A launch deploys twin experimental satellites
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
China used a Kuaizhou 1A solid-fuel carrier rocket to launch two experimental satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, with liftoff taking place a ... more
TAIWAN NEWS
Taiwan says China deploys warships in 'military operations'
Taipei (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Taiwan said Friday that China had deployed warships for "military operations" stretching hundreds of kilometres from the Yellow Sea to the South China Sea, posing a "threat" to the region. ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
LandSpace reviews booster loss after Zhuque-3 reusable rocket test
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
LandSpace has begun a detailed analysis of its first Zhuque-3 (ZQ 3) orbital test after the reusable rocket's booster was lost during an attempted landing, even as the mission's upper stage reached ... more

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MOON DAILY
Congress warned that the U.S. faces a new space race with China
Washington DC (UPI) Dec 4, 2025
The United States has entered a consequential new era of competition with China in space - one that lawmakers said will shape global power, economic security and military advantage for generations. ... more
SUPERPOWERS
Vatican backs replacement for China underground bishop
Vatican City (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
The Vatican announced Friday the ordination of a new bishop in China to replace a clergyman who had been arrested several times during decades operating without Beijing's approval. ... more
CYBER WARS
No conspiracy in collapse of China spy case: UK inquiry; UK govt again delays China embassy decision
London (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
A high-profile case against two British men accused of spying for China collapsed because of "systemic failures" and not a government conspiracy, a UK parliamentary inquiry concluded Wednesday. ... more
NUKEWARS
How anti-China disinformation shaped South Korea's year of crisis
Seoul (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
Yoon Suk Yeol's botched attempt to impose martial law last year plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades, providing fertile ground for disinformation to grow. ... more
FLOATING STEEL
Taiwan says China simulates 'attacks' on foreign navy ships
Taipei (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
Taiwan's intelligence chief said Wednesday that Chinese military aircraft have "simulated attacks" on foreign warships passing through sensitive waters separating China and Taiwan. ... more
EARLY EARTH
Fossil bird shows fatal stone-filled throat and hints of dinosaur bird survival story
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025
A small Cretaceous bird fossil from northeastern China preserves more than 800 tiny stones jammed in its throat, giving researchers rare evidence that this individual likely died by choking. The ani ... more
TECHNOLOGY NEWS


AFRICA NEWS
Unchecked mining waste taints DR Congo communities
Lubumbashi, Dr Congo (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Carrying her sore-pocked daughter across her decaying field, Helene Mvubu says she is one of thousands to have fallen victim to the toxic waste defiling the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining capital. ... more
SINO DAILY
Hong Kong leader says next legislature will 'drive reform'
Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
Hong Kong's leader said Monday that the fresh crop of lawmakers who will take office after the "patriots only" legislative election will drive institutional reform, following the city's deadliest fire in decades. ... more
TRADE WARS
China's trade surplus tops $1 trillion despite plunge in US-bound exports
Beijing (AFP) Dec 8, 2025
China's towering annual trade surplus surpassed $1 trillion for the first time last month, data showed Monday, as a sharp drop in shipments to the United States was offset by surging exports to other major markets. ... more
TRADE WARS
Macron threatens China with tariffs over trade surplus
Paris, France (AFP) Dec 7, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron said he has threatened China with tariffs if Beijing fails to take steps to reduce its massive trade surplus with the EU, in remarks published Sunday. ... more
TRADE WARS
German FM to visit China for economic talks
Berlin (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Germany's foreign minister heads to China this weekend for talks focused on tense economic ties between Europe and Beijing, particularly in the area of rare earths, Berlin said Friday. ... more
CHIP TECH
Shares in Chinese Nvidia challenger surge on debut
Shanghai (AFP) Dec 5, 2025
Faith in the future of China's homegrown AI chip industry sent shares in semiconductor company Moore Threads rocketing more than 500 percent on its market debut Friday, having raised $1.1 billion in its initial public offering. ... more
INTERNET SPACE
Chinese smart glasses firms eye overseas conquest
Hangzhou, China (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
In China, AI glasses let the wearer pay in shops with just a glance at a QR code and a voice command, as a growing number of companies look to conquer both growing domestic and overseas markets. ... more
TRADE WARS
EU backs small parcel duties to tackle China import flood
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Nov 13, 2025
EU states on Thursday agreed to scrap a bloc-wide duty exemption on low-value orders from the likes of retail giants Temu and Shein to help tackle a flood of cheap Chinese imports. ... more
TECH SPACE
EU moves to break dependence on China for rare earths
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
The EU on Wednesday presented a multi-billion-euro plan to help curb the 27-nation bloc's dependence on China for rare earths, as Beijing's stranglehold on the critical materials threatens key industries. ... more
TRADE WARS
Macron urges China to push for peace, rebalance trade
Beijing (AFP) Dec 4, 2025
French President Emmanuel Macron appealed to Xi Jinping to help end the war in Ukraine and to tackle trade deficits as the two leaders met in Beijing on Thursday. ... more
CIVIL NUCLEAR
Microbes join forces to quickly clean up uranium pollution
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 27, 2025
Chinese scientists have discovered a quick and effective way to remove toxic uranium from water using helpful bacteria that work together. These bacteria can change uranium from a dangerous form tha ... more
MARSDAILY
Chinese team runs long term Martian dust cycle simulation with GoMars model
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 04, 2025
Chinese researchers have used a self-developed next generation Mars general circulation model, known as GoMars, to carry out a comprehensive simulation of the Martian dust cycle spanning 50 Martian ... more
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SPACE TRAVEL
Trump NASA nominee aims to beat China in new Moon race
Washington, United States (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
Jared Isaacman, US President Donald Trump's two-time appointee to lead NASA, said it was his goal that the United States beat rival China in the race to return humans to the Moon, during a Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday. ... more
TECH SPACE
Rare earths hopes in Greenland's nascent mining industry
Copenhagen (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
As Europe seeks to break its dependence on China's rare earths, a Canadian firm operating in Greenland is looking at mining the key smartphone and electric-vehicle ingredients there, its chief executive told AFP. ... more
DRAGON SPACE
China consolidates new commercial space regulator and industry roadmap
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
The China National Space Administration has set up a Commercial Space Department to serve as a dedicated regulator for the country's expanding private space sector. The new office is responsible for ... more
ROCKET SCIENCE
LandSpace ZQ 3 Y1 rocket reaches orbit on first reusable flight attempt
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 03, 2025
LandSpace, a private Chinese rocket company, has flown its ZQ 3, or Rosefinch 3, carrier rocket for the first time, marking China's initial orbital mission using a reusable rocket architecture, alth ... more
NUKEWARS
South Korea shouldn't take sides in China, Japan spat: president
Seoul (AFP) Dec 3, 2025
South Korea's leader said Wednesday that his country wouldn't take sides in an escalating war of words between Japan and China, calling for the two sides to "coexist". ... more
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