China and Pakistan are set to make history in space cooperation
China has confirmed that a Pakistani astronaut will join the Shenzhou-24 crewed mission as a payload specialist, marking the first time a foreign astronaut will participate in a joint flight mission under China’s crewed space program and visit the Chinese space station. In response to a question at Monday’s Foreign Ministry press briefing, Spokesperson Guo Jiakun said the mission would be another major milestone in China-Pakistan cooperation, coinciding with the 75th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
