"China In Space - What Are They Doing, How and Why, and What It Means to the Rest of the World" As the new millennium dawns, the international 'Space Age' is welcoming a powerful new participant, China. Already, China has deployed fleets of applications satellites for communications, weather, and mapping missions. And after several impressive unmanned tests of the 'Shenzhou' spaceship, Chinese astronauts will soon be orbiting the Earth. Will they seek a role on the International Space Station, or pursue their own plans for low-earth-orbit and beyond? How much of China's space technology is home grown, and how much was acquired - legally or otherwise - from other nations? What was the key role of China's space program founder, Dr. Qian Xuesen, who was educated in the US but driven out during the McCarthy Era? What does China's growing power in space imply for China itself, for its neighbors, and for the future of the world? China's space technology is not split between military and civilian sectors, so success in any area has implications for military power.