PSSI Perspective #8 - China Deploys BeiDou to Project Power and Influence

This PSSI Perspective reviews how China uses its economic and financial (E&F) strategies and prowess in the GNSS sector to expand its global space footprint and advance its economic, strategic and military objectives. [...] In comparison, the market size of GPS was estimated to be $37.9 billion in 2017, with expected growth to $62.7 billion in 2020, $146.4 billion in 2025 and a compounded annual growth rate of 18.5% from 2018 to 2025. [...] That same year, it constructed in Thailand the first tranche of three CORS and a ground station, as well as an industrial park for the development and production of BeiDou receivers for the wider Southeast Asian market. [...] The Centre’s stated goal is to promote the expansion of BeiDou in the Middle East, including Bei- Dou-related research and training. [...] Its economic and financial (E&F) strategies in the GNSS sector have helped expand its global space footprint and propel its economic, strategic and military objectives in a manner reinforcing its industrial and civ- il-military fusion policies.