Hong Kong, Aug. 12 -- Space is a critical domain for China's military war machine, the People's Liberation Army (PLA). Indeed, China is Asia's undisputed space champion, and it is increasingly alarming the USA with its rapidly expanding capabilities.

Indeed, the US intelligence community's Annual Threat Assessment issued a few months ago specifically stated: "China has eclipsed Russia as the key US competitor in space. Beijing's rapid deployment of space capabilities positions it to use space to advance its foreign policy goals, challenge US military and technological superiority in space, and project power on a global scale."

That statement illustrates just how far China has come. Its space capabilities now surpass those of Russia, the...