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end of June.

China Central Television Channel 4 broadcast a global live broadcast of the Chang'e satellite embarking on its journey back to Earth.

The round trip between the Earth and the Moon represents the ability to land on the moon.

There are only three countries in the world that have this capability.

Currently, only China can broadcast live globally.

This time, the Chang'e satellite will bring back 10 kilograms of lunar soil from the back of the moon.

Since the launch of the lunar exploration project, the most precious gift given by China when heads of state visit various countries is lunar soil.

Even the United States has repeatedly expressed its desire to receive lunar soil.

It is only because of the relevant laws and regulations of the United States that hinder the cooperation and exchanges between NASA and CNSA, which makes it impossible for China to donate lunar soil to the United States because it violates US law.

China will naturally not do such a thankless task.

On the back of the moon, the engine of Chang'e ascender started, and the thrust pushed the ascender upward.

The moon's gravity is much smaller than that of the earth, so it is naturally much easier to reach the first cosmic speed on the moon.

But this also shows strong technical capabilities, because what is tested here is aviation technology!
As the Chang'e ascender entered orbit, it began to rendezvous and dock with the orbiter and returner combination in lunar orbit.

This kind of rendezvous and docking is a true embodiment of aerospace technology.

In the whole world, only the United States, Russia and China have mastered the rendezvous and docking of spacecraft. No other country has mastered it. Even the European Space Agency, which brings together European scientists, has not been able to master this technology.

Even the European Space Agency is still working hard for manned space flight.

As the Chang'e ascender successfully completed rendezvous and docking with the orbiter and returner combination in lunar orbit, the lunar sample container was soon safely transferred to the returner.

Then, it flew around the moon.

When the time comes, the ascender will separate from the orbiter and returner combination, and the ascender will begin to land at another selected location on the moon.

Then the orbiter and returner combination embarked on the journey back to Earth.

After several days, it finally reached the Earth's orbit.

The orbiter and the returner separated, and the returner, carrying lunar soil, successfully landed at the SZWQ space landing site in Inner Mongolia.

We have just entered September.

The excitement about the Chang'e returner carrying lunar soil samples back to Earth has not yet subsided, the news is still reporting on it, and everyone is talking about this live broadcast with relish.

The Northeast has welcomed spring, with a pleasant climate and sunny days.

Shenyang is a city where politicians, scholars, entrepreneurs and media reporters from various Northeast Asian countries gather.

As the capital of Liaoning Province, Shenyang has maintained a good development momentum in recent years. Social reforms have been advancing at a fairly rapid pace. With Shenyang and Dalian as the engines, the development of the entire Liaoning Province has been driven.

This year's Northeast Asia Summit was held in Shenyang.

The economic integration of Northeast Asia is favored by the whole world. Once realized, the entire Northeast Asia integration will become a large economic entity. Then, facing the China + ASEAN economic integration, Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia will form a whole market with China as the center.

At present, the integration process that is recognized to be the fastest is not the European Union, but the integration of China + ASEAN.

China + ASEAN integration is not just economic integration, but economic integration, political integration, military integration, cultural integration, etc. are all being promoted together, but the progress of integration in different fields varies. At this year's Northeast Asia Summit, Russia's attitude was more positive than before.

As the global financial crisis has caused economic development around the world to decline and oil and natural gas prices have fallen sharply, Russia is not having an easy time.

The global financial crisis has hit the European economy hard. The European economic recession is not much better than that of the United States. It is not just the decline in oil and natural gas prices, but also the decline in the use of oil and natural gas.

Under such circumstances, the Chinese market is particularly important.

As one of the best performing economies in the world today, China's use of oil and natural gas has not decreased but is increasing, although the growth rate is declining.

It makes a huge difference where China imports more oil and natural gas.

Coupled with what happened in Georgia last year, cracks appeared in the relationship between Russia and Europe, and the original momentum of rapprochement between the two sides came to an abrupt halt.

Look west, look east, even within Russia, there is a debate.

As the largest successor to the Soviet Union, Russia has the ambition to become a world power. Russia has always wanted to maintain its status and influence as a world power rather than become a second-rate country.

Russia has never given up on the geopolitical game.

Once upon a time, Russia thought that the United States could accept it, but the facts proved that even if Russia raised its hands in surrender, the United States could not accept it.

Decades of hostility between the two sides is not so easy to eliminate.

Russia wants to integrate into Europe, while the United States' core overseas interests are in Europe. Both sides want Europe, and their roles are irreconcilable.

In particular, Russia is getting closer to the Franco-German alliance, even establishing a rapid reaction force and forming a command center with France and Germany, but this has made other European countries more wary of Russia.

Russia is now also starting to prepare for a rainy day and leave itself a way out. This is not only because of the immediate short-term interests, but also for the future.

To be honest, Russia was not without concerns. After all, Russia took away 150 million square kilometers of land back then.

Although the borders have been redrawn in recent years and some of the land has been returned, that is only a small part.

Moreover, in the Far East, Russia has not been able to play a leading role, but has instead been reduced to providing resources.

As for North Korea and South Korea, although there have been more contacts and the atmosphere is not so tense since the Northeast Asia Summit, the entire Korean Peninsula is still one of the world's most powerful powder kegs that can be ignited if not handled with care.

Of course, there are various conflicts between China, South Korea and Japan, which are difficult to resolve.

There are Americans fanning the flames here.

After all, economic integration in Northeast Asia is not in the interests of Americans.

The integration of China and ASEAN is unstoppable. Even the United States cannot stop it. There is nothing we can do.

However, the economic integration of Northeast Asia is in its early stages, so the Americans are naturally using various means.

However, it is extremely commendable that the Northeast Asia Summit has been held until now, and it can be said that it has overcome many difficulties.

Shenyang is also trying to create a harmonious and friendly environment to create a good environment for the Northeast Asia Summit.

Before this, various favorable news were constantly released.

On this day, tens of thousands of people came to Shenyang and naturally felt this harmonious and friendly atmosphere.

For Shenyang, this is not only a platform for communication for the Northeast Asia Summit, but also a promotion for the city of Shenyang, which will help Shenyang to increase its international reputation. (End of this chapter)