Yep, China is currently studying the process of building a kilometer long spaceship in orbit. The official statement from their government called it "an urgent need".
What the Chinese say, they tend to do. Not to get all rule 4, but every space agency in the world needs to focus on the near future. It's the new race, the new frontier. And I am glad to see things unfolding. It can be rough here on the ground, in the moment, but we will survive, and so will our children, and theirs, etc.
And maybe one day we can use space to bridge the east-west gap and work together as one species. But until then, it's a new age and a new race. We will only lose if we don't run, is the way I see it.
