China has made major advances its space program, sending probes to distant planets and extending crewed mission times with a view to establishing a permanent presence in orbit—and eventually on the Moon.
Chinese officials maintain the country's space program is civilian and scientific in nature. Meanwhile, it continues to achieve significant leaps in technological prowess and strategic capabilities.

Beijing is in the space game for the long run, and its rapid progression—rivaling that of NASA and other space agencies in the West, has been evident.

Since the Shenzhou-12 manned mission launched in 2021, Chinese astronauts, or "Taikonauts," have been able to spend extended periods of up to six months in space, a meaningful increase from past missions that lasted four to 10 days.

The China National Space Administration, Beijing's equivalent to NASA, did not return a written request for comment on Wednesday local time before publication.

The Chinese government has committed significant resources toward the construction of its modular Tiangong space station, which was seen fully complete in pictures released last month by the China Manned Space Agency.

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