China's Lunar Ambitions: A Blueprint for Off-World Dominance

What if the first permanent human outpost on the moon, doesn't have a NASA patch or a United States flag, but a Chinese flag?

 What happens if in just a few years, China isn't just visiting the moon but controlling where the next chapter of human space activity gets written? Beijing has given its answer, a lunar landing by 2030 and a base by 2035 and a sprawling outpost network by mid-century.