Shenzhou-20 Mission Success.

China’s space program reached a major milestone this week with the return of its latest crewed mission. On January 18, 2026, the Shenzhou-20 return capsule successfully landed, concluding a historic mission to the Tiangong Space Station. Parallel to space achievements, President Xi Jinping’s New Year address highlighted significant domestic breakthroughs in AI models and semiconductor development. Notably, the rise of the "DeepSeek" AI sector and new high-performance computing chips from companies like Huawei and Alibaba are being positioned as central pillars of the new 15th Five-Year Plan.

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