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10 | Friday, March 5, 2021 HONG KONG EDITION | CHINA DAILY WORLD Another Collective view SpaceX rocket in highlighted in fiery end WASHINGTON — Third time’s a charm? Not so for SpaceX, whose Biden shift unmanned rocket exploded on the ground on Wednesday after carry- ing out what had seemed to be a suc- Security guidance positions US for cessful flight and landing — fresh on the heels of two fiery crashes. global cooperation — China included It was yet another flub involving a prototype of the Starship rocket, By ZHAO HUANXIN in Washington Biden also stressed that the US’ Games organizers in Tokyo take part in a meeting with Olympic officials on Wednesday. which SpaceX hopes one day to [email protected] strength abroad derives from DU XIAOYI / XINHUA send to Mars. building back better at home, “A beautiful soft landing,” a SpaceX The White House on Wednesday which should start by “decisively commentator said on a live broad- vowed to build back better at home responding to the public health cast of the test flight, although flames and reembrace international coop- and economic crises unleashed by Foreign fans likely to miss out on Games were coming out at the bottom and eration while stressing that “strate- COVID-19”. crews were trying to put them out. gic competition” with China should The document singled out China The rocket exploded a few min- not preclude collaboration. That and Russia as main threats and By WANG XU in Tokyo Japan’s Minister for the Tokyo respect, we may have to set one or utes later, lurching into the air and message was set out in the interim vowed to build up “enduring advan- [email protected] Olympic and Paralympic Games, another priority.” crashing back to the ground. national security strategy guidance tages” and present an agenda seek- Tamayo Marukawa, and Tokyo With most of the world strug- “As if the flight test was not excit- of the administration of US Presi- ing to outcompete China and any Japan is likely to ban foreign Governor Yuriko Koike also gling to deal with the crisis and ing enough, SN10 experienced a rap- dent Joe Biden. other nation. visitors to attend the rescheduled attended the closed-door meet- contagious variants of the virus id unscheduled disassembly shortly In the 24-page document released It calls China “the only competitor Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Para- ing. spreading or yet to emerge, medi- after landing,” SpaceX joked on its that day, Biden noted that many of the potentially capable of combining its lympics, local media reported, After the meeting, Hashimoto cal experts say it is unrealistic to website, without giving an explana- biggest threats the country faces economic, diplomatic, military, and creating enormous curiosity stopped short of saying there expect full-capacity crowds in the tion for the explosion. respect no borders or walls and must technological power to mount a sus- about how the world’s biggest would be no foreign fans at this stands this summer. “All in all a great day for the Starship be met with collective action. tained challenge to a stable and open sport gala would look like amid year’s Games, but she hinted at it Kentaro Iwata, a professor of teams,” it said, adding that test flights Posing profound dangers are pan- international system”. the coronavirus pandemic. by saying: “If the situation is infectious diseases at Kobe Univer- helped with the development of a demics and other biological risks, Despite the concerns of the US, The Japanese newspaper Main- tough and it would make the con- sity, said the “most reasonable reusable transport system to carry the climate crisis, cyber and digital Beijing has made it clear that it does ichi Shimbun reported on Thurs- sumers concerned, that is a situa- decision” is to hold the Games crew and cargo on interplanetary threats, international economic dis- not want to replace US dominance day the decision had already been tion we need to avoid from without spectators, adding “other flights, to the Moon, Mars and beyond. ruptions, humanitarian crises, vio- in the world. made to exclude foreign fans. It happening.” options are not right from a medi- “Starship SN10 landed in one lent extremism and terrorism, and cited unnamed sources involved Hashimoto said the organizing cal standpoint”. piece!” SpaceX founder Elon Musk the proliferation of nuclear weap- No zero-sum game in an online discussion between bodies agreed to decide by the end The Japanese government is tweeted jokingly about an hour aft- ons and other weapons of mass “The bilateral relationship is no the Games’ organizing bodies. of March whether to allow over- studying several options, such as er the explosion. destruction. zero-sum game; the success of one “In the current situation it is seas spectators and they plan to only allowing people living in “None can be effectively addressed does not have to entail the other’s impossible to bring in foreign announce next month if the num- Japan to be in the stands, having ‘Great work!’ by one nation acting alone. And failure,” Chinese State Councilor spectators,” the Mainichi Shim- ber of spectators will be limited as limited crowds, or even organiz- “SpaceX team is doing great work! none can be effectively addressed and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said bun said, citing an unnamed gov- a measure to prevent coronavirus ing events behind closed doors. One day, the true measure of success with the United States on the side- on Feb 22 at a virtual forum held at ernment official. infections. Separately, Japanese Prime will be that Starship flights are com- lines,” Biden wrote in the guidance. the ministry. On Wednesday night, Japan’s Minister Yoshihide Suga said on monplace,” he said in a second tweet. The document outlines a spectrum Chinese Ambassador to the US new president of the Tokyo Olym- Hard decisions looming Wednesday the government is The latest prototype, named of challenges the Biden administra- Cui Tiankai also said at the event: pic organizing committee Seiko Before the meeting was closed considering a two-week extension SN10, for serial number 10, took off a tion hopes to tackle, including the “China has had no intention what- Hashimoto had an online discus- to reporters, Bach hinted at hard of a state of emergency in the little before 2320 GMT from Boca pandemic, “a crushing economic soever to challenge or displace any sion with International Olympic decisions to be made. Tokyo area due to continuing Chica, Texas. downturn, a crisis of racial justice and country, let alone make it its strate- Committee President Thomas “We will focus on the essen- pressure on the medical system The rocket rose into the sky and deepening climate emergency”. gic goal.” Bach and International Paralym- tials,” Bach said. “That means from COVID-19 cases. progressively shut down its three The interim strategy is expected At the same time, the interim pic Committee President Andrew mainly the competitions. This has engines as it reached a height of 10 to be followed by Biden’s inaugural strategy appeared to toe the line of Parsons. to be the clear focus. In this Agencies contributed to this story. kilometers and assumed a horizon- National Security Strategy, which Biden’s consistent, pragmatic China tal position before becoming verti- will be released later this year, his policy since taking office: keep cal again and returning to Earth. Press Secretary Jen Psaki said. engaging China if it is in the US’ As seen on SpaceX video, it Biden has signaled another rever- interests. appeared to have otherwise landed sal from his predecessor Donald “We also recognize that strategic N. Ireland spat may spoil peace deal properly after its flight. Then came Trump’s “America First” strategy by competition does not, and should the explosion. recommitting to alliances and part- not, preclude working with China By JULIAN SHEA in London looking at legal options and legal There are fears disputes over Musk has been developing the nerships, but he seems to have kept an when it is in our national interest to [email protected] action which means a much more the border could threaten the next-generation Starship rocket for assessment from Trump’s National do so,” the document read, adding formalized and rigid negotiation Good Friday Agreement, the 1998 the purpose of going to Mars — Security Strategy that “economic that renewing the country’s advan- Northern Ireland has reemerged process as opposed to a process of document that brought an end to though two prototypes, SN8 and SN9, security is national security”. tages ensures engagement with Chi- as a stumbling block in the post- partnership where you try to solve decades of violent civil conflict blew up spectacularly on their test He said the US will “again embrace na “from a position of confidence Brexit relationship between the the problems together,” he added. across Ireland and the UK. runs in December and early February. international cooperation”, including and strength”. United Kingdom and the Europe- Ireland’s deputy prime minister A letter sent to Prime Minister The tests take place in a nearly joining with the international com- It said Washington will conduct an Union after the UK extended Leo Varadkar backed him up, call- Boris Johnson by the Loyalist deserted area leased by SpaceX in munity to tackle the climate crisis practical, results-oriented diplo- grace periods for border checks on ing the actions “not the way a Communities Council, or LCC, South Texas near the border with and other shared challenges and macy with Beijing and work to the Irish Sea, something the EU friend should behave” and “not which represents Loyalist para- Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico.

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