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Xi Jinping and Space Cooperation in the 1980s
As soon as China and the US normalized relations in 79 space cooperation was actually the forefront of everyone's mind. It kind of remained on that trajectory from 79 through like the mid 1990s, even despite the Chairman massacre happened obviously in June of 1989. From 89 to 1998, President's Bush and Clinton actually issued 13 presidential waivers for 20 satellite projects based on this idea of national interest. So regardless of whatever the policy was related to China and military technology or more broadly space was still considered a really important part.