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6. East Asia’s Space Agenda

Author : Ajey Lele

Published in: Asian Space Race: Rhetoric or Reality?

Publisher: Springer India

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Abstract

East (Eastern) Asia is an extremely important region of Asia. Almost one fourth of the world’s human population live over here. The world’s second and third largest economies reside over here, and the region comprises of the only Asian state which is the permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. This chapter and following two chapters discuss the space polices of few important states within the region. This chapter highlights on the space policies of the two Koreas and Taiwan, and subsequent chapters discuss the space policies of China and Japan.

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6
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8
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Metadata
Title
East Asia’s Space Agenda
Author
Ajey Lele
Copyright Year
2013
Publisher
Springer India
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-0733-7_6

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