China’s January 2007 anti-satellite test signaled the dawn of a new era of space competition. While this test gave the United States and the rest of the world insight into China’s rapidly advancing capabilities, many questions remain as to the scope and content of China’s military space doctrine. In the event of conflict between the United States and China, how would space capabilities be employed? How does the People’s Republic of China (PRC) characterize sovereignty in space? 

At the first of a series of AEI events coinciding with papers on the emerging areas of military competition between the United States and China, Larry M. Wortzel will discuss PRC military publications available only in Chinese that offer insights into the People’s Liberation Army’s vision of the future of space militarization and sovereignty. Thomas Ehrhard of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments will respond, and AEI resident fellow Dan Blumenthal will moderate.