According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, on July 4, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian hosted a regular press conference.
Press conference, Shenzhen Satellite TV reporter asked: According to reports, NASA Director Nielsen recently accepted an interview with German media and said that China’s space program is a military space program and is likely to occupy the moon. China steals other countries' ideas and technology, and its space station's mission is to learn how to destroy other people's satellites. What is China's comment?
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Zhao Lijian: This is not the first time that the NASA administrator has ignored the facts and made nonsense of China. Some U.S. officials continue to frame and slander China's normal and reasonable outer space undertakings. China firmly opposes such irresponsible remarks.
As the head of the U.S. aerospace department, he should be very aware of the "black history" of the U.S. space program. The United States has played a negative role in creating space junk, provoking an arms race in outer space, and undermining global strategic stability, posing a huge threat to the peaceful use of outer space.
In recent years, the United States has openly defined outer space as a "combat territory", accelerated the establishment of the outer space air force and outer space command, and developed and deployed offensive outer space weapons. The United States has also long-term passively resisted the negotiation of legal documents on foreign affairs control, and has continuously strengthened its outer space military cooperation with its allies. On the other hand, the United States has set up obstacles in space cooperation, arbitrarily sanctioned other countries' space agencies, and introduced bills to restrict space cooperation and exchanges with China. The international community has long seen through the US's hegemonic behavior, double standards and hypocritical rhetoric.
China has always advocated the peaceful use of outer space, opposed the weaponization and arms race of outer space, and actively promoted the building of a community with a shared future for mankind in the field of outer space. China's exploration of outer space is to meet legitimate national economic, social, technological and security needs. The development of China's aerospace industry has been achieved entirely through independence and self-reliance, and its rights and achievements cannot be questioned or smeared.
We urge the United States to earnestly shoulder its responsibilities as a major country, seriously review and correct its negative words and deeds in the field of outer space, and make its due contribution to the maintenance of lasting peace and security in outer space.
