21 July 2020
A Hong Kong scientific satellite station that receives data from civil remote sensing satellites has become an unlikely victim of US sanctions. The Hong Kong Satellite Remote Sensing Ground Receiving Station, run by the Institute of Space and Earth Information Science of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was set up to monitor natural disasters, but the US now says it will not renew the cooperation protocol between the US Geological Survey (USGS) and the institute. The founder of the institute that runs the base says the sanctions are ‘funny’ and there is nothing secret about its work. Lin added that China now has another station in Hainan province, which is able to provide similar data.
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