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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/world/asia/24china.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

In recent years, China’s space program has attracted international attention for its ambitions and fast-rising technological prowess. In 2003, China became only the third nation after the United States and the former Soviet Union to send a man into orbit — a feat it has since replicated. However, the United States and other nations reacted with alarm when China successfully blasted one of its own aging weather satellites out of orbit in a military test.

China is not the only emerging space power in Asia. Last month, Japan stole a bit of China’s thunder by launching its own lunar probe, and India plans its own lunar orbiter next year. Technological development is a motivator for all three countries but so is nationalistic pride and regional rivalry.

“As lunar exploration embodies our overall national strength, it is very significant for raising our international prestige and our national unity,” Ouyang Ziyang, a top scientist with China’s space program, told People’s Daily, the Communist Party’s most authoritative newspaper.