China Leads in Space and Research Amidst Ideological Rivalry with US

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China's Tiangong space station hosts its first female astronaut, Lai Kai-ying, as the country leads in space research and cutting-edge technology, outpacing the US and Germany, amidst a new era of ideological rivalry in space exploration.

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Lai Kai-ying, the first female Chinese civilian to reach outer space, is currently on board China's crewed Tiangong space station... (full article text as provided, with preserved quotation marks and paragraph breaks)

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