Chinese and American Interests in Inner and Outer Space

More commercial flights between the two countries and space program cooperation demonstrate the increasing flow of people, technology and information between the two great nations whose alliance and disputes will impact progress and events in the worldwide community.

U.S. Airlines Vie for Flights to China
AP
Three of the nation's largest airlines and several smaller carriers have made their final presentations to federal regulators and are taking potshots at each other in a competition to win the first new flights between the United States and China in more than a decade.

Chinese Space Official to Visit NASA Chief
Reuters
The head of China's space agency will visit NASA Administrator Sean O'Keefe next week, a move one U.S. expert said could mean increased cooperation between the two countries.