China Space

While living in America, a brilliant Chinese scientist is chosen to work on the US military’s most classified technologies for over a decade. Suddenly, he is outlandishly targeted by the FBI, traded in a prisoner exchange by President Eisenhower and must return to China. This episode ultimately led to China’s development of a military-run secret space program (SSP) using exotic electromagnetic propulsion systems now challenging US military dominance on Earth and in outer space.

The race is no longer about a single dramatic moment. It is a test of endurance that will take place over an indeterminate period of time, measured over decades — perhaps centuries. and International Studies commercially viable presence in space — from Earth orbit to the Moon to Mars — is likely to define the geopolitical order of the coming century. Unlike the original Space Race of the Cold War era — a purely state-vs-state contest between NASA and the Soviet program — today's competition is fundamentally different in structure and stakes. Space Race 1.0 was a pure state-to-...

An edge-of-your-seat thriller about China's secret role in the space race—written by the New York Times bestselling author of The Apollo Murders and one of the most experienced astronauts alive. Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography and leading geopolitics expert comes an “insightful, hopeful, and endlessly fascinating” (Daily Express) book on today’s new space race and the geopolitics of space—including the increasingly tense power struggle...

1967: Ye Wenjie witnesses Red Guards beat her father to death during China's Cultural Revolution. This singular event will shape not only the rest of her life but also the future of mankind. Four decades later, Beijing police ask nanotech engineer Wang Miao to infiltrate a secretive cabal of scientists after a spate of inexplicable suicides. Wang's investigation will lead him to a mysterious online game and immerse him in a virtual world ruled by the intractable and unpredictable interaction of its three suns.

From New York Times bestselling author Cixin Liu comes a short story collection of captivating visions of the future and incredible re-imaginings of the past. In To Hold Up the Sky, Cixin Liu takes us across time and space, from a rural mountain community where elementary students must use...

An insider’s gripping look at the next stage of the space race. From the near-catastrophe of Boeing’s Starliner mission in 2024 to closed-door confrontations with Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos to high-stakes international diplomacy that may determine who returns to the Moon—and who reaches Mars...

Houston, 1975. A new Apollo mission launches into orbit, on course to dock with a Russian Soyuz craft: three NASA astronauts and three cosmonauts, joining to celebrate a new dawn of Soviet-American cooperation. But as NASA Flight Controller Kaz Zemeckis listens in from Earth, a deadly accident...

“The New Fire - Artificial Intelligence, Geopolitics, a Transformed World” presents an analysis that is impatient with confident predictions, deeply respectful of the difficulty of deploying technology at commercial scale, and well-developed skepticism toward both optimistic and pessimistic narratives that substitute emotional resonance for thoughtful evidence-based discipline. A transformative technology is arriving as the post-Cold War international order fragments, supply chains underpinning technological development are geopolitical, capital market valuations assume outcomes that ...

2032. The Moon is no longer a symbol. It is a proving ground. On the lunar surface—shielded by lava tubes and scarred by Apollo’s footprints—humanity attempts its most dangerous experiment yet: not colonization, but coexistence. Two space programs arrive with different philosophies. American Ares humanoids are built for industrial precision—mining helium-3, constructing habitats, pushing outward toward Mars. Chinese JRabbit units tend lunar orchards inside biosphere domes, shaped by ancient myths of Chang’e and the Jade Rabbit, treating the Moon not as conquest but as ...

Winner of the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, China Miéville's astonishing Embassytown is an intelligent and immersive exploration of language in an alien world. Embassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirts of the universe. Avice is an immerser, a traveller on the immer...

Welcome to a high-stakes theatre of global intrigue and potent powerplay. Set foot into the geopolitical ring of the modern era with our riveting new eBook, "Eagle vs Dragon." This compelling narrative weaves together multiple thrilling war game scenarios, exploring hypothetical conflicts between two reigning superpowers. Navigate through a labyrinth of strategy, counter-strategy, and their implications on an international scale. As you immerse yourself into this pulsating chess game, "Eagle vs Dragon" takes you through diverse scenarios ranging from eye-opening cyber warfare assaults and ...

In a world post-Ukraine war, where limited wars between nuclear armed superpowers are possible. This gripping technothriller follows Master Sgt Janet Nellis as she leads her Space Force team in a battle of rising tensions between China and the US. The two countries prepare to battle over Taiwan, in space, in the air and at sea. As the CCP's Dr Chen Jianjen leads the development of a nefarious weapon in space, the stakes become ever higher. Meanwhile the ROC's Captain Zhao Lin is ready to fight and die to defend his home in Taiwan and American naval Lieutenant Zack Coughlin is on detached ...

When Scott Tanner’s father, the Chief Engineer of North Star Industries, mysteriously dies, Scott askes David Stafford to help investigate North Star Industries, the major Defense contractor where his father worked. It is the remaining few months of his term and President Tindall wants anything but war, but a cascading number of events is leading him n that direction. With very few options left, and an enemy who is holding all the cards, there seems to be no other option than a preemptive strike against the largest population in the world. China, through an elaborate scheme is in ...

In the post WW3 era, one country rules the world. After suffering a terrible defeat during the turmoil, China tries to regain its status as a world power by taking over India with stolen robotic technology. However, the robots soon become unruly and dangerous. There is only one man who has a chance to defeat them, but it comes with a high price.

From the award-winning author of Perdido Street Station and The City & the City "Richly conceived." The New York Times Book Review Embassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirts of the universe. Avice is an immerser, a traveller on the immer, the sea of space and time below the everyday...

Brought to you by Penguin. This celebration of Chinese Science Fiction - thirteen stories, all translated for the first time into English - represents a unique exploration of the nation's speculative fiction from the late 20th century onwards, curated and translated by critically acclaimed...

Eines Tages hört die Erde auf, sich zu drehen. Naturkatastrophen, Panik und Dunkelheit sind die Folge. Als man erkennt, dass die Ursache im Verlöschen der Sonne liegt, ist es bereits zu spät. Und so schmieden die Menschen einen waghalsigen Plan: Sie wollen die Erde mit gewaltigen Triebwerken aus der Umlaufbahn lösen, um einen neuen Heimatstern zu suchen... In der titelgebenden Geschichte sowie in zehn weiteren packenden Stories beweist Cixin Liu, dass er der neue Meister der Zukunftsliteratur ist. Spannend gelesen von Mark Bremer, der deutschen Stimme von Cixin Liu.

A special World Book Day story in the epic and action-packed DRAGON REALM series from bestselling authors Katie & Kevin Tsang. Perfect for 8+ fans who love fantasy, magic, adventure and DRAGONS! 'Imagination knows no limits in this fantasy adventure. The story is an endless place for exploration...

China, in nicht allzu ferner Zukunft. Während die Welt von einer Sternenflotte vom Planeten Trisolaris bedroht wird, liegt Yun Tianming auf dem Sterbebett. Doch dann wird er für eine unglaubliche Aufgabe auserwählt: Er soll die Menschheit retten und als ihr Bote zu den Trisolariern geschickt werden. Er willigt ein und wird nach seinem Tod ins All geschossen. Seitdem hat niemand auf der Erde von ihm gehört. Dies ist seine Geschichte – es ist die Geschichte eines Verrats.