Xi gives space program the thumbs up
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As part of his pre-Spring Festival trip to Sichuan, Xi stopped by the launch site of the BeiDou satellites. What is BeiDou? It’s a satellite navigation system, similar to America’s GPS system. There are already several BeiDou satellites orbiting Earth, and China expects to have high-quality, gl...