[wholemodern]

China is broke, like dead broke. It will follow Soviet Union's footstep of space race with the US in 1960 and collapse of Soviet Union.

Ship building is not the same technology level as spacecraft. China famously exclaimed in 2019 that they will be able to duplicate EUV in a few years, when dutch introduced EUV restrictions in China in 2019. Still nothing from China on EUV. Still nothing from China in terms of plane engines. Their new carrier in 2024 is still just a "demo" carrier, not to be used in real combat.

With the 50-70% youth unemployment [1], private enterprises dying [2], and dictatorship in China, scientists will either become disillusioned with work and lay flat, or flee to other countries.

[1] Chinese professor says youth jobless rate might have hit 46.5% (2023) https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSL4N3960Z5/

[2] https://www.barrons.com/articles/chinas-private-sector-is-lo...

[csomar]

The comment history for this user is interesting.

[mft_]

Indeed - every comment in a topic directly related to China, and all in some way negative…

[chasd00]

1 social credit has been deposited in your account.

[holoduke]

Reuters and news about China. quite reliable indeed. In the meantime China is boosting forward. Absolutely no way that there is 46% unemployement in China. In general all over the world there is shortage of workers. Also in China. You mentioned Soviet space race failure. Russia/USSR did not fail with the space race. Even today they have a strong position in space travel.

[baq]

The only reliable rocket they’ve got is the Soyuz, everything else suffered major failures in the past decade.

Nevertheless they’ve got their asses kicked by Starlink so I’m sure they’re trying to figure out how to make their own.