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Six Chinese technology projects that might change the world
Stephen Chenin Beijing
One of China’s leading physicists has called for the creation of a government agency similar to the US institute that develops new technology for the military. Professor Pan Jianwei, the nation’s leading expert on quantum physics and executive vice-president of the University of Science and Technology of China, said Washington’s Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency in the US, or DARPA, was a good model of how to pursue innovative research for military applications, including the internet, GPS and voice recognition technology. Reporter Stephen Chen takes introduces us briefly to six advanced research projects underway on the Chinese mainland:
1. Construction of the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in Guizhou
2. An artist impression of Chinese first deep sea station
3. The world’s first quantum communication satellite
4. China’s first space station to be completed by around 2022
5. China’s first passenger jet C919
6. The maiden flight of Long March 5 rocket
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