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Chinese ethics exist within and influence the aerospace leadership’s decision-making processes. Understanding how Chinese ethics play into these processes will give a better understanding of how and why Chinese aerospace leaders make decisions. Chinese ethics are based on an internal humanistic value system while moral principles based on divine authority as found in Western Judeo-Christian traditions.
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“Social Responsibility Report: 2010年度社会责任报告,” 中国航天科技集团公司; available from http://www.spacechina.com/n25/n142/n158/n4604/c146209/part/146221.pdf.
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Guanxi, or relationships, are long term ties based on mutual obligation and reciprocity.
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See footnote 1.
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The Cox Report was intended to restrict American transfer of technologies that China also could use in military applications. What was intended to restrict advanced aerospace technologies from entering China, may arguably have been the catalyst for their aggressive pursuit to indigenously develop (via recombinative and independent innovation means) aerospace technologies.
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“中国航天科技集团公司《保密文化手册》解读,” 中国航天报, 16 September 2011; available from http://www.spacechina.com/n25/n144/n206/n214/c67226/content.html.
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Solomone, S. (2013). Chinese Space Ethics and Decision-Making. In: China’s Strategy in Space. SpringerBriefs in Space Development. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6690-1_6
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