The Cooperation between China and Ukraine in Space Exploration: Genesis and Development

• Author: Bo Ma and Larysa Soroka
• Position: Ph.D. in Law, Professor, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology (Maoming, China)/Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor, Scientific Institute of Public Law (Kyiv, Ukraine)
• Pages: 58-70

Advanced Space Law, Volume 5, 2020

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The Cooperation between China and Ukraine

in Space Exploration: Genesis and Development1

Bo Ma2

Ph.D. in Law, Professor, Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology

(Maoming, China)

E-mail: gdjasonma@gdupt.edu.cn

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3121-571X

Larysa Soroka3

Ph.D. in Law, Associate Professor, Scientic Institute of Public Law (Kyiv, Ukraine)

E-mail: lsoroka_kw@ukr.net

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6979-6049

Ma, Bo, and Larysa Soroka (2020) International Legal Regulation of the Missile Technology

Control Regime in the Aspect of Private Space Company Activities. Advanced Space Law,

Volume 5, 58-70. https://doi.org/10.29202/asl/2020/5/6

Mainly, the studies of China-Ukraine relations have focused on topics such as trade agreements,

commodity exports, investment, migration, and geopolitical implications for the post-Cold War world

order. The issue of space cooperation has been almost completely absent in the studies of China-

Ukraine cooperation, despite the central importance of space technology for many spheres of life, which

have stimulated research and political participation since the beginning of the millennium. Bilateral

cooperation on space exploration between China and Ukraine began in 1992 and has already celebrated

its twentieth anniversary. This cooperation is an important determinant of what is considered “new”

or “modern” geography of China-Ukraine cooperation. In this article, the study of collections, legal

documents, and interviews enables to analyze the strategies of cooperation between China and Ukraine

in space briey.

Keywords: bilateral relations, space programs, White Paper, space exploration, cooperation, law.

Received: March 01, 2020; accepted: April 07, 2020

1 The Ph.D start-up fund project (2019BS007) of Guangdong Institute of Petroleum and Chemical

Industry funded.

© Ma, Bo, 2020.

© Soroka, Larysa, 2020.