China's View on Space Weapons

China has reported a very different story from that appearing in US newspapers. China announced that it does not want an arms race in space, but do need to increase military power "in step with its expanding economy to protect China's increasingly global interests," as they announced in last months defense white paper (see ). They also declared in this paper that, "China will not engage in any arms race or pose a military threat to any other country, (see ). Since China has come out so strongly opposed to such a development, it is interesting that US newspapers are filled with articles reporting on fears of a new space age (see ). This discrepency shows the embedded misunderstandings the US has of China and their military stratagies and goals in the international arena.