29 November 2016
Jiayuguan was once the tangible edge of Chinese civilisation - where the Great Wall ends and the desolation of the Gobi Desert begins. Now, four hours beyond those limits in a locked-down location along the Ruoshui River, China has built a gateway to the new final frontier. Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre is the nation’s pre-eminent “space city” - one of only three places where humans are blasted into the cosmos.
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