China has made history by landing the Chang’e-4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon.
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China releases panoramic view of the moon's far side | Sky News AustraliaChina has released new panoramic images of the moon from the first spacecraft to successfully land on its far side. \n\nThe Chang’e-4 spacecraft, which includes a lander and a rover, touched down on the lunar surface on 3 January.\n\nThe far side always points away from Earth, obscuring communications and making it incredibly difficult to relay communications.\n\nImage: NASA\u002FGSFC\u002FArizona State University\n\n\n
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Australia investigating detainment of Australian writer in China | Sky News AustraliaThe Australian government is demanding 'transparent and fair' treatment for Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun after he was detained in Guangzhou.\n\nThe former employee of China’s Foreign Ministry and known political critic vanished over the weekend after landing with his wife and child on a flight from New York.\n\nChinese authorities formally notified Australia on Wednesday but have yet to divulge whether any charges will be laid.\n\nImage: supplied \u002F News Corp Austarlia \n\n
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China is 'moulding' Uyghurs from their own ethnic identity | Sky News AustraliaAustralian National University professor Michael Clarke has condemned China’s escalating crackdown on Uyghurs, one of the nation’s ethnic Muslim minorities.\n\nIn the far western province of Xinjiang, the Chinese government has forced up to one million people into re-education camps.\n\nProfessor Clarke has told Sky News that China is using manpower, surveillance and high-tech policing to enable the ‘most systematic form of cultural cleansing’, moulding them away from their own ethnic identity. \n\nHe says any mosques that haven’t already been shut down are heavily monitored.\n\n\n\n
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