The Two Paragraphs That Effectively Banned U.S.-China Space Cooperation | WSJ

In 2011, Congress effectively banned the U.S. from working with China in space. The law is called the Wolf Amendment. Its goal was to prevent China and Chinese companies from stealing U.S. technology and also to put pressure on China over human rights abuses.
But today, the dynamics in space are changing. The International Space Station is set to retire in 2030. Meanwhile China’s space station, Tiangong, was just completed at the end of 2022. Both countries have plans to establish a presence on the same part of the moon in the next decade.
WSJ explains why that law was created and why whether it has hurt or helped the U.S. is a big debate in the space community.
Illustration: Madeline Marshall
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[@xzcccc]

As a Chinese I absolutely thank to this Wolf man, He is a cornerstone of Chinese space industry

[@hayden1770]

God Bless! Best wishes to China! 🇨🇳

[@pjw3438]

Democracy refers to the manipulation of public opinion through the media to win elections. The main method of election is debate, and eloquence is very important. That most famous German was democratically elected. Western politicians are very eloquent, but they are also the most brazen and confounding black and white. Chinese people's eloquence is generally poor, and Chinese people focus on doing practical things.

[@user-li2my9dp4j]

😂

[@tiefblau2780]

You want to work with Copy? *EVEN* *ON* *EARTH* *they* *cross* *the* *sea* *to* *get* *some* *hack* *some* Technology

[@calicocat8213]

​@@pjw3438An Austrian actually but never mind.

[@user-qw2oh4zq1h]

What human rights wolfy talking about? No symapthy towards Palestinians civilian and children bombed by IDF with USA weapons.

[@tonywyli]

USA has no shame!

[@dcauninaivonarck5266]

When I hear Bill Nelson, I see stupidity.

[@donhuang9855]

He was quoted as saying the "Dark side" of the Moon is so dark that it was not worth going.

[@mayflower7626]

😂 Haha, this would be funny if he were not the head of NASA!

[@HypnotixzK]

American politicians talking about human rights abuses is so funny.

[@alanssshh]

yes.even after killed millions in other countries.

[@tommyboss4067]

I couldnt agree more. See what happened to the homeless at home.

[@hayden1770]

USA = Biggest hypocrite in human history

[@yl128pang3]

And the "human rights* of the 1,400,000 Americans that went to the heaven due to the inappropriate handling of the pandemic.

[@alanssshh]

@prankEmJohn killing millions means nothing to you?

[@My-nl6sg]

These two paragraphs single-handedly inspired China's independent and thriving space industry. Thanks to this legislature China's domestic space market has been effectively protected from foreign providers and collaboration, allowing domestic enterprises to fully mature every technical aspect of space exploration. Chinese people thank the US for such an amazing opportunity for their domestic industry

[@ronaldchao496]

Same as US’s ban on huawei And Chinese chips development 🎉

[@nesseihtgnay9419]

The chinese people are fine, the chinese communist party, is what is bad. Duh

[@maanviss3840]

US sanction is like 'Gao Kao' for Chinese government. You can become world leader of you pass it 😜. Also wakeup Chinese people to self sufficiency. -Thanks US, you have give precious lesson to them (China) and they won't forget it.

[@Rex-ww4cw]

Now they have their own space station

[@jagjeevankashid]

@@Rex-ww4cw not that only India is also launching its space station upcoming years

[@manishnag1375]

Such A Long Video For A Single Word Racism .

[@petergreen5337]

❤well said and well REASONED.

[@Luvinist]

Frank Wolf, defender of human rights abroad and supporter of human rights abuse at home.

[@jagdpanther2224]

No worries, he is a dying old man!

[@plutonakamoto8740]

@@jagdpanther2224 ayo that’s funny 😂😂😂😂

[@benombati6501]

You think US cares about human rights, you so naive baddy!

[@kattiepenn]

👍👍 well said

[@hangtuah888]

No, he is a supporter of human rights abuse across the universe as he does not know what time of the day he is in.

[@tony37068]

The assumption is that Chinese cant do space Mr Wolf and their fellow congressmen got their faces slapped and dont want to admit😅

[@syarifidayat]

Ohh yeah absolutely US cares a lot about human rights issues

[@jimmielin1141]

Only when it suits the US government. Just like a costume they wear , when it comes to that it’s always about human rights and freedom when US feels like they are being “threatened “ or they are trying to steal resources from other countries

[@JigilJigil]

No it's Xi and China who are the one who care, I mean U.S has 20000000 Uyghurs in camps as prisoners + millions of forced labor.

[@krac3x438]

well to be fair the US cares about human rights, as long as you aren´t chinese, vietnamese, black, latino, russian, a woman...

[@RL-lr8ji]

And Native American.

[@yl128pang3]

human rights, democracy and freedom of speech are the Tools that West used to block them from progressing and developing.

[@victorkmlee]

A blessing in disguise. Had China participated in the ISS or other US-led space program, there will be restrictions or enticement so that the Chinese cannot go solo but always dependent in some way on others. This was what happened with the Beidou. China participated and invested money in the Galileo project only to be screwed by the Europeans who basically asked the Chinese to take a hike in terms of hierachy. Now Beidou is complete and superior to the Galileo. China thrives in adversity. China has a fully independent space program, the only sure way to master this field.

[@badhombre4942]

Sanctioned proof.

[@VIAGRA465]

Thanks US for making China great again!

[@rudyalfonsus686]

Next year, Huawei will say thank you to Trump for blacklisting Huawei. Now, there are still 3 percent of huawei spareparts need to be imported. next year, 100% will be locally made. even the software

[@Universe.Singer]

Harmony next is just released!

[@tallest4eva]

Basically the US said they were going to take their ball and go home... So China brought their ball to the park the next day!

[@davidgmaloof]

No, the US said that if China wants to develop their own space program, they can do it without the US giving them the technology.

[@a9udn9u-vanced]

American politicians talking about morality kinda cracks me up.

[@davidgmaloof]

Compared to China, yes, American politicians can talk morality. Besides the old USSR, I cannot think of another country that managed to butcher millions of its own citizens as China did. You don't have a problem with that? Does the US have a darkness? Yes. Slavery, the native Americans, Jim Crow laws, etc...were horrible, but they were just another Tuesday in China in the 1950's & 60's. And if the PRC has no problem killing their own citizens, what would they do to Americans?

[@hermanhsu5994]

Stupidity is the best excuse for a liar.

[@jagdpanther2224]

If your think Wolf was an idiot, there was a bigger fool out there in NASA: Bill Nelson.

[@tommyboss4067]

They are both soon landed at Moon or Heaven. 🤣🤣🤣

[@victorkmlee]

He looks like Kenneth Copeland ranting and foaming in the mouth.

[@yeejlilys9742]

Yes, based on Nelson that the US dose not land in the far side of Moon because it is too dark to go there. LOL for a NASA administrator.

[@bluffdotcom5504]

At least he don’t say he’s gonna landed on the Sun at night.

[@polysporin8332]

Wolf and Nelson both probably left over from operation paperclip where USA took in all of Natsee Germany scientists.

[@dand4075]

The semiconductor ban will again make China great again at developing itsbown tech.

[@Sleepless-nights99]

Semi conductors are not a thing that can be made cheaply when cutting corners

[@user-gc1hg9sp9k]

​@@Sleepless-nights99 that the reason why china is invest hundred of billion in semiconductor

[@DK-yz9xk]

@@Sleepless-nights99what now clown? 😂

[@Jinitaimei222]

​@@Sleepless-nights99🤣👉🤡

[@user-dy4fm7id1q]

@@Sleepless-nights99 HUAWEi 5nm

[@liqingyuan4940]

Bill Nelson graduated with a law degree. Apparently, this is the problem in the United States. Engineers have no presence in this country, and the head of NASA is actually a lawyer! It's just because engineers tend to do things, not talk about things.

[@randdresearch]

Is the wolf guy still alive? Can NASA ask him to beg sample from China? That will work.

[@zchu3179]

Wolf may be a smart animal. But there are no comparison to human being.

[@zhli4238]

This type of sanctions against China actually helps China developing own independent technologies.

[@pppp3997]

Good for them, but don't help them.

[@TitusAzzurro]

Thinking any type of move (pro china or against china) only helps china is cheap and ignorant. China being isolated whose only "allies" are Pakistan and North Korea is bad no matter how you analyse the thing.

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

You must officially represent the CCP. No one who understands the international economy thinks isolation is good for a country.

[@waynejohnson1786]

So?

[@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883]

@@waynejohnson1786 Thanks for sharing your well informed opinion on this particular topic.

[@yeetian2774]

US: Saudi Arabia has the best human rights record

[@ltipst2962]

Is this you trying to shade the Chinese human right abuses? Massacring muslims? Social credit systems? Saudi Arabia at the very least want to improve. I've seen nothing pro western pro joint cooperation from China. Nothing. Anyone else?

[@Lochamp]

No one here says that, ever.

[@yuxiangluo8614]

​@@Lochamp because other nations' human rights are the last thing American care about. You guys only want to slave other nations and squeeze for money.

[@alexanderphilip1809]

Saudi's have oil ? Oil benefits American companies and citizens. China on the other hand has undercut American workers courtesy of offshoring.

[@duran9664]

🤢🤮Frank Wolf is pure disgusting hypocrite creature;🤢🤮 He kept talking about morality & human rights while was sleeping on the same bed with the saudi royal mafia for years. 🤢🤮

[@Baz.007]

This is totally unilateral, and a form of bullying.

[@donhuang9855]

US foreign policies have always been dictatorial in substance; demanding that foreign governments abide by the US's self serving "Rule of Law", Democracy, Human Rights and Free Speech, but the USA itself behaved as a global bully and reserves the rights to "Exceptionalism" where international rule of law does not apply to the USA.

[@davidgmaloof]

How exactly?

[@fregmnt]

Basically the USA has already lost.

[@yuxuanwang2692]

comment from June 2024, China indeed had landed on the south pole of moon, and brought back some earth sample. but China didn't claim any piece of territory on moon.

[@TheeCommentSection]

That law should be adopted into the chinese Constitution. It’s been the best boost to Chinese space program in its recent modern history

[@Userkzb20253]

Wolf was so short sighted, basically he gave China a chance to fully developed their own space technology. With China’s might in manufacturing, no a surprise if one day it could overtake US in space. It’s better for US to collaborate and lead in space programs.

[@hanfucolorful9656]

Chinese chip industry would be totally wiped out if the US continue selling chips to China for another 10 years, ... now every factory in China needs to find a plan B， and chip manufactures business in China is booming。。。

[@user-gu8qi4me8x]

I actually genuinely agree with you and finally some one who l found in the comment section that actually has a functioning brain for once and this world actually genuinely needs more people actually like you in this world ​@@hanfucolorful9656

[@cnexpat1009]

My father told me when i was little: 'Do not worry about to be used by ppl. You should always worry about being useless to others! ' And my 40+ years of life on earth have proved he is right! Too bad these politicians of US dont have a chinese father like mine.

[@winkus8586]

I really love this wisdom. I am going to teach this to my children. If God willing to give me some.

[@Levitiy]

Even in death we serve.

[@IndiAnFasod]

Bill Nelson: ".. we are not going to let that happen" China: Bill who???

[@JS-ih7lu]

😂

[@andachen7473]

what is Bill going to do？Is he going to carry out sabotage🤔Is this the American way of thinking? I can't do it, so others don't want to do it

[@IndiAnFasod]

@@andachen7473 Yup..the American way is to sabotage things.. Just like Nord Stream pipe... it was definitely the American who blew it and accused Russia. It doesn't make sense for Russia to blow out its own gas pipe. If Russia doesn't want to sell gas to Germany, simply turn of the pipe. And it is not the German either, as the German needs the gas and if they don't want the Russian gas, simply stop paying for it. It was definitely the American, who will then force the German to buy gas from the US at 4x the price.

[@tommyboss4067]

Too arrogant. Sadly, majority heard him.

[@kaylee9069]

China : hold my Tsingtao beer

[@weilee1155]

That Bill Nelson talk more like a politician than scientist

[@JS-ih7lu]

That’s because he is. He was the Senator for Florida before getting the top job at NASA. Wouldn’t know science if it hit him on the head 😂

[@lookman7047]

And a year later, on June 4 2024, Chang'e-6 unfurled China's flag on the dark side of the moon, then lifted off brining back to Earth some moon rock souvenirs!

[@user-vp6vf8wm2s]

2025 on the Moon? Looking more like 2099

[@CarpsterKing]

China has to thank the Wolf amendment for its advancement in space technology....

[@summmmmmable]

It’s funny that Bill Nelson said that he’s not gonna let that happen! Like, with what in his arsenal can stop that?! NASA had a chance to collaborate with the Chinese and explore the universe together, but was too proud or scared of the new comers! I’m sure NASA had “borrowed” a lot of techs from the Russians

[@jagdpanther2224]

Americunt were backstabbers, see what they has done to Russia through Ukraine war? No cooperation was a good option for China!

[@tommyboss4067]

Too arrogant. Sadly, majority heard him.

[@tiefblau2780]

You want to work with Copy? *EVEN* *ON* *EARTH* *they* *cross* *the* *sea* *to* *get* *some* *hack* *some* Technology

[@Oppos-qx4jr]

​@@tiefblau2780rubish comment.. idea of the rubish fuking..heart of the evil syaitan 😈💯

[@davidz7858]

This kind of mentality does not only exist in space discover, it exists everywhere in US, anyone or any country could be on top, but not China.

[@kngharv]

I guess separating mother from babies at the US border doesn't count as human right abuse in Frank Wolf's moral compass.

[@rickjames18]

Guess you’ve never been to the border or lived there have you? I find it interesting that people would politicize such a topic without actually knowing what they are talking about.

[@CentauriSphere]

He spoke in 1998, but yeah it's not correct behavior.

[@colinhogan5661]

Moral compass isn’t a word in the CCP

[@outerspace8158]

@@rickjames18 ignorant no limits seperated mom with her baby 🍼

[@kngharv]

@@colinhogan5661 the difference is that CCP doesnt pretend to operate under a moral guidence

[@donhuang9855]

The WOLF Amendment - One mistaken step backward for NASA / US Congress, one giant set-back for Mankind.

[@upsidedown1671]

Wolf seems to be the one who accelerated China's advancement in this field. Kind of an egg on face moment... oops

[@ej8365]

I love the fact that the US constantly puts China in an outsider/underdog position whether in space program or all aspects of technologies because this gives China a strong impetus to thrive.

[@jonhone1]

No matter how evil human rights are if it serves America’s interests then it’s fine.

[@naughtyfrog8257]

i’m glad the chinese don’t have the same human rights ideas as the US. which year does the US have not been in a war causing death and destruction?

[@MrGanbat84]

Absolutely

[@KoolRanqe]

Similar to how Americans vote and ignore international laws amongst thier own country TO national born citizens if it's supposedly profitable?

[@huiqinjinxi4514]

Exactly.

[@culturecomp09chn64]

truly！

[@nmew6926]

Frank Wolf will have his name given to a street in China for his contribution in making Tiangong space station a reality

[@poweredbynato6313]

Old section. China doesn't need your old space station anymore. It is funny that Russia is allowed there.

[@davidz7858]

Russia is not good partner for China, Russia was China parter in last 30 year because they don’t have choice that China should appreciate to US.

[@ALWH1314]

It’s funny she said “wolf doesn’t represent unites states”. The new Wolf is EV tariff and chip ban, guess what’s gonna happen? Nelson is an embarrassment to NASA.

[@LuckyGooseYA]

Everyone sees US like Homelander, but US see themselves as Batmy

[@richardlo4867]

One day in China's moon base maybe they'll name a broom closet after Wolfie.

[@JS-ih7lu]

If Singapore reluctantly became a nation because Chinese people were kicked out of Malaysia, the PRC reluctantly became a technological superpower because the US won’t share its technology 😂

[@knightzhao8476]

Sometimes pressure is good giving that human being is lazy and prudence. We don't know what we can do only if we have no choice.

[@wongpohchan9485]

China actually has US to thank for its superfast speed in catching up to advanced technology in many fields. By keeping China out from accessing high tech products, China has no choice but to develop its own technology, thus hastening China's progress.

[@stalker0006]

@@wongpohchan9485 'thank' is not a good term. The tech advancement is crucial to minimise threats.

[@LivingLonger]

@@stalker0006 'tech advancement'? National Geographic: 6.5 millions American believe that the earth is flat and a movement growing. yeah, maybe that will Make The World Great Again and surely not for the American.._ . *16 Jan 2019 - National Geographic - Flat Earth vs. Round Earth | Explorer.* The Ancient Greeks concluded Earth was a sphere, which has been validated by scientists ever since. Despite this, there is a movement growing claiming the Earth is flat. (VideoId: 06bvdFK3vVU )

[@fannybirot2362]

Think about that the US is kicking China out of the semiconductor industry....

[@cuteandfunnyearthlings2863]

The chinese remembers and never forgets, such as the chinese exclusion acts of 1882.

[@hungson215]

Competition is good. Collaboration is only good when all parties are on the same level.

[@KillahManjaro]

Well said.

[@KoolRanqe]

Sounds like Marxism

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

Western hypocrisy

[@karenli7230]

Indeed, US has always somehow inspired chinese scientists to build their own space technology with zero dependency on foreign countries in such annoying ways.

[@craigwapples4200]

So Matt Damon is screwed😂😂😂

[@BradleyGao]

@mudshovel 289 I believe he's referring to how in the Martian, they used a Chinese spacecraft to resupply The Hermes, which wouldn't be possible according to the Wolf Amendment.

[@adimilyada7517]

@@BradleyGao it is possible since 'the martian' was funded by chinese thru TSM entertainment. that's why they help to resupply the Hermes. no wolf amendment required. lol

[@poweredbynato6313]

Matt and his family will be screwed...

[@khai96x]

@MasteroMatter Those are the days the Chinese still look up to the US. But things have changed now. Whilst the Chinese preach collaboration, the US preach discrimination. Whilst the US struggles with domestic terrorism at home, the Chinese people enjoy peace and security. Whilst the US debt-based economy makes thousands to lose their jobs and thousands more to the street, China prospers.

[@TeddySy-rs2yv]

Dont share the moon rock samples to USA when Chang’Er 6 return home on June 25

[@plutonakamoto8740]

China never came to you but you went to them.

[@johnwe4431]

"not sure why Chinese go to dark side of the Moon", quote from NASA chief, well done NASA, all about human rights, nothing to do with science. 😁

[@MrChad69420]

Mr Wolf has started the next space race, honestly good job

[@duyataksis5210]

He absolutely motivated China's space program and its determination to succeed alone. His spiritual successors are currently doing the same for the Chinese semiconductor industry.

[@alexanderphilip1809]

@@duyataksis5210 Times have changed Wolf's positions are now held by the majority of the US establishment. If you think the semicon sector is something that can easily be "won", Then I suggest you go back to school. Unlike space tech which had non western competitors semicon's firmly under the aegis of western states you dont see leading edge technology nodes being built in china esp. not at scale.

[@duyataksis5210]

@@alexanderphilip1809 How little you know. You're the one in sore need of an education - lucky for you, I'm here to provide it. The CEO of ASML was just crying that if his machines are banned in China, then China will just come up with their own. He understands that the only thing slowing China's indigenization drive is that his company is dumping its scanners into China. China already has a stockpile of Western DUVL machines and will soon introduce its own. Furthermore, it's also in the early stages of constructing its EUV prototype and that will be ready in a couple of years. If anything, semiconductors are easier than space. China started from 0 in space and built its industry by itself. In semiconductors it's already starting from 80 and closing in on 100 extremely quickly. By 2030, China's semiconductor industry will dominate the world like it dominates in solar panels today. Remember this moment when that day comes and US companies are filing for bankruptcy.

[@duran9664]

🤢🤮Frank Wolf is pure disgusting hypocrite creature;🤢🤮 He kept talking about morality & human rights while was sleeping on the same bed with the saudi royal mafia for years. 🤢🤮

[@decreer4567]

@@alexanderphilip1809 He is a wumao. These are false prophets who claim to know the future but truly not.

[@Paul-hw8bk]

Frank Wolf kicked in a home goal.

[@wowyzaoy]

now let's hear it from the Chinese perspective.

[@hwangi0404]

Too bad that perspective is banned in China.

[@adlerzwei]

It's censoredby the party.

[@Sone418]

On cooperation? The Chinese have always been open to international space cooperation. While they probably do have their own terms for said collaboration, there's no Chinese law preventing US-China space collaboration.

[@adlerzwei]

@@Sone418 True cooperation required openness and transparency which China is incapable of. They literally can't even allow their own people free access to information how are they supposed to cooperate with the outside world? 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Sone418]

@@adlerzwei that may be, but I'm just providing the Chinese POV

[@titanxie5579]

US has big human rights issues too not only within US but also abroad.

[@najibyarzerachic]

US doing the same with EV and battery technology. No wonder the Chinese are way ahead in many of the future battery tech such as LFP, Sodium ion and Solid State.

[@DonaldJ-ub5df]

I knew why, as NASA head thought back of moon is too dark, he doesn’t like dark…😂

[@haniffhaniff5764]

love seeing USA throwing tantrums

[@victorkmlee]

Now with the semiconductors and chips.... But I predict the outcome for China will be the same ... Technological independence.

[@qipang9271]

Recently, the United States has also imposed sanctions on many fields and enterprises in China. Let's look back ten or twenty years later.

[@Hoo88846]

just boycott all American brands and kick them out of China.

[@user-vp6vf8wm2s]

Another item for China space station overcapacity?

[@eduardogomezruiz9505]

It's absurd to keep this tensions, especially with China, and about space. Fighting among huge nations only makes everyone more miserable.

[@JigilJigil]

No it will just make China miserable, If the total decoupling happens and it probably will, It certainly would have some effect on the west but they can manage as other countries will replace China as manufacturing hubs, the only country who is going to be poorer and miserable will be China, they will experience widespread poverty is China, they have 1.5 billion people to feed plus they need to create/keep jobs for all those people while losing trillions of export dollars,.

[@NPC-oc9oo]

@jigil jigil keep dreaming. You think the rest of the world will sanction their largest trading partner just because America throws a trade temper tantrum?

[@denniswen8483]

​@@JigilJigil thats right, the west is not the only countries that China can depend on.

[@hayden1770]

My love, respect, and admiration for China grows every day! 🇨🇳

[@user-vp6vf8wm2s]

Frank Wolf should be brought into accountability, lock him up

[@ericliume]

A Chinese saying, "When there is a fart in the room, the one who's looking around is the culprit."

[@FootageFactory]

I demand my military analyst have blue hair.

[@weichengcn]

Interesting that the report left out a glaring question - what is US plan when their space station retire.

[@fighterck6241]

Some people should never have a say on science related matters. Good going Wolfie-boy... keep hand-cuffing progress.

[@balajivs69]

You should stop calling it an international space station and just call it a NATO space station. Or G7 or west space station.

[@Mayangone]

I suppose, history is repeating with the chip sanctions and Chip Act.

[@hughmungus2760]

in 10 years time you'll be saying the same thing about the chinese semiconductor industry. American politicians make the same mistake over and over.

[@xryanlee]

I still applause to the freedom of press and speech. Many things can be discussed while so many topics are banned in China.

[@jagdpanther2224]

No dogs and AUKUS citizens are allowed in Chinese space station. Should be booked in Chinese constitution!

[@NMHTEKLU]

China's space station has allowed many countries seeking cooperation, such as Russia and Japan, to exclude the United States.

[@David-dq4xn]

No Chinese communist locusts allowed in ISS

[@NMHTEKLU]

@@David-dq4xn 美国禁止了同中国在太空上的合作

[@JR-vc4gm]

I totally second this

[@SW-fy8pq]

@@NMHTEKLU Japan is a pet dog of US, it will be too dangerous for China to with them as they might undermine China space station to please their master.

[@tong.clement]

Hopefully in 2030 we will live in a time of more collaboration, peace and harmony in space.

[@williamc1156]

But the usa was quick to apply to get a sample of the moon rock/soil from china

[@dunai2012]

Digging a hole, jumping into it, being locked in, and saying, hey I have no access to you.

[@samshi4177]

Human rights ? What Rights? Are you kidding. Who is still believing you ?

[@amutah8063]

They are doing just fine without us.

[@kosia1972]

Hard to swallow but it's true

[@johnwhoo6194]

China should designate a space module as Frank Wolf module to commemorate him forever, haha.

[@fritzeph6550]

International space station is like a old motel that is overcrowded and bunch of people that do not know how to housekeeping 😅. I wonder if any rat living there 😂. They are conducting how to live in a crowded dirty environment.

[@dgillies5420]

Thank you, Frank Wolf!

[@TheKkpop1]

When it get tough the tough get going. Thank you for making China strong and determine.

[@Emphasis213]

It's not about human rights abuses, free speech, democracy etc. When we create war every decade. What it's really about is ensuring we Americans are always on top, any challenge to that we will do what ever it takes to take them down.

[@kattiepenn]

Well said, spot on!

[@yeejlilys9742]

Well said. All talks of human rights, free speech, democracy, and more are excuses for a real purpose of dominance.

[@JigilJigil]

A Chinese wumao petending to be American.

[@aq3614]

So true

[@AndrewJanusson]

Bill Nelson summed it all up at the end there....

[@albertwoodeasy9021]

Short sighted 🐺.

[@nicholascage3699]

Even his name wolf

[@miltonlai4850]

Now US became the isolated one.

[@jameswong07]

Thank you Frank Wolf on making China self owned space station .❤

[@stevenchow5684]

Frank Wolf is next to GOD

[@yl003760]

One crazy man ruins human space collaboration.

[@watb8689]

thanks to him, the world now has options

[@xiaoshuchu4095]

"Life will find a way."

[@JonnyMReck]

This aged well. Maybe we should collaborate on balloon projects too?

[@SF-zc3mm]

The fact that china still claims "Developing country" status for trade while they have a space station is insane. It would suck to have people up there when war breaks out.

[@psl7360]

it sucks to know China be allowed to steal our technolgy but if they are ahead, our law allow us to cooperate with them. Now the voice is louder than when China was behind.

[@TheExtraterrestrial99]

Because China still keep on developing, instead of declared developed and stuck there. That's just some superiority complex.

[@ijling]

Just remember not to declare war on China for your on sake. China stands for peace and has always been since ancient times. They built the Great Wall to keep out the enemies. Their strategy is always to defend the nation but if provoked, they will fight to defend themselves. America has found a worthy adversary because America made China its enemies and not the other way round. If war comes, there will be heavy losses from both sides but whoever can endure more loses will win the war. And we know from history who will be the first to quit and run.

[@TomNook.]

Competition is good. If China was involved with ISS, the worst case scenario would be like what we have now, a major player (Russia) leaving the only station humans have. Different nations should have different stations. Humans should not put their eggs in one basket.

[@morbid747]

Competition also means the waste of resources. Each country should have different mission like US on Mars , China on the moon , Japan and EU on asteroids etc.

[@dingjeffrey5382]

@@morbid747 I think such extent of “waste” is fully acceptable and meaningful . Your plan may be the most efficient globally, but too idealized. No country will fully share the key info with the others for their own interests, by the way, how to judge which country shall explore which planet, fairness just can’t be guaranteed. It's important for multiple countries repeat same mission to summrize experience of techniques by comparison.

[@raymow.805]

Gee another version of “The Chinese Exclusion Act”. What else is new?

[@asdfasdffdcd]

"Smart" Move.

[@briansiev15]

The head of NASA would say that such ban is not in his awareness. lol~

[@huiqinjinxi4514]

😂😂😂hmmm, maybe he needs a check up on his brain.