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U.S., China Race for Space in Low Orbit

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Low Earth orbit, or LEO, is fast becoming the latest battleground between the U.S. and China. We look at how commercialization of space could mean Taiwan emerges as a space player in a satellite market valued at US$380 billion. And in the news in the past week, the U.S. believes Russia is developing what could be a nuclear-powered space-based weapon in its war against Ukraine. Our guests: Kuo Yu-jen - Director, National Sun Yat-sen University Institute of China and Asia-Pacific Studies; Vice president, Institute for National Policy Research (INPR) Kwang-yin Liu - Managing editor of CommonWealth Magazine and host of the Taiwanology podcast And online from Taoyuan, Taiwan: Loren Chang - Distinguished professor and chair, National Central University Department of Space Science