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Below is an excerpt from The Cohort, Poynters newsletter for women in media.Subscribe hereto get it in your inbox every two weeks.

At the beginning of 2021, I looked at my inbox and saw all the people who were not replying to my inquiries. I saw the applications I made and the recruiters who ghosted after filling their diversity quotas. I saw all the exhortations to training opportunities and fellowships, instead of capital investments and 401ks and health benefits.

And I tried to unravel those missing emails and trails to nowhere. What part of my network isnt strong enough? What opportunities did I not seize upon or not respond to correctly, or with enough confidence? Is there a typo in my resume?

It turns out, Ive spent much of my career pulling on all the wrong threads. The way women, and women of color in particular, are excluded from our industry is much more complicated than what is or isnt filling our inboxes.

Of course, I had plenty of riches in my inbox too. Not least of these are the powerful colleagues and leaders who support transformation in our industry, those who I consider my personal cohort. The last two years, with all their personal, professional and global disruptions, have been growing years for me. And now I have some seedlings poised to become great forests one day. Among them is the all-volunteer project Women Do News.

This exceptional group of volunteers has a simple mission: add more women journalists to Wikipedia. People of color are underrepresented and 90% of its contributors identify as male. The result is that on one of the most visited websites in the world arguably the most visited site that is not a search engine, social media or commerce less than 18% of English biographies are about women. The Wikipedia gender gap has been well documented and there are many groups doing essential work to make up for the sites biases. Following groups in other industries like Women in Red, Art + Feminism and Wikiproject Women Scientists has taught me a lot about how important journalism is in the way we understand the world.

The news industry functions like an economy in many ways. Our currency trust, reputation, belief in each others abilities is based on faith in the system which tells us who and what is valuable. Wikipedia is a magnification of that system and so, like in the real world, credit is disproportionately conferred onto men. That system of who gets to be credible, or in Wikipedias vocabulary, who gets to be notable, is at the heart of our work.

The lack of women journalists on Wikipedia is sometimes shocking. Among entries the Women Do News network has added so far are women who are pioneers for Asian Americans, who covered high-profile trials for 50 years, and who were the first women editors in their newsrooms. They have won Emmys and Murrows and Pulitzers but unlike men with similar credentials, they couldnt get that coveted prize of a Wikipedia page!

What is more shocking to me, though, is how many women journalists dont get interviewed, profiled or awarded, how many women journalists who have outsized impact on the world dont get obituaries when they pass. Through over a year of edit-a-thons, events and ongoing work, our network of about 300 people has nominated 224 journalists for entries so far. The work is slow; weve completed 28 new entries and improved 10. But many of these nominated women journalists who are clearly notable simply have not been written about or credited for their vital work well enough to support a Wikipedia entry.

Doing this work has exposed so much of how every small bias from having mostly male media critics to passing up a woman for a promotion gets magnified at the ecosystem level. What starts as discrimination, being given the wrong title or not included in a byline heck, even an ignored email or application bubbles up into systematic erasure of the contributions of many people. Social scientists call it symbolic annihilation, and the irony is that our own industrys lack of inclusion has helped drive so many of us out of the ubiquitous record that is Wikipedia.

Our aim is not just to get more women journalists onto Wikipedia; it is to get more women journalists into the magazine articles, business reviews, profiles and records of our lives. It is to get more women journalists into the history books. It is to get more women journalists that little Wikipedia box that comes with search results, that confers upon them an agreed sense of significance. It is to get more women journalists the currency they need to continue to transform our industry.

And that, I hope, will help make your inbox and mine look much more promising in the future.

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Each week, we search for the most exciting and thought-provoking shows, screenings, and events. In light of the global health crisis, we are currently highlighting events in person and digitally, as well as in-person exhibitions open in the New York area. See our picks from around the world below. (Times are all EST unless otherwise noted.)

JaTovia Gary, THE GIVERNY SUITE,detail (2019). JaTovia Gary. Courtesy of Paula Cooper Gallery, NewYork.Photo: Steven Probert.

1. When Did Video Become Art? On Surveillance at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

If youre looking for a compact primer on how video moved from its origins in TV broadcasts and security cameras into the art-historical canon, then tune in to the next edition of the Whitneys ongoing Art History From Home series. This week, artist, author, and lecturer Ayanna Dozier will use vital works by the likes of Andrea Fraser, JaTovia Gary, Jill Magid, and others to walk viewers through video arts complex relationship to our contemporary surveillance state, as well as how artists can use the medium to short-circuit the intrusive machinic gaze we now live under.

Price: Free with registration

Time: 6 p.m.

Tim Schneider

Kenny Scharfs Los Angeles studio. Photo courtesy of Kenny Scharf Studio.

2. Kenny Scharf Virtual Visit at RxART, New York

RxArt members can tune in for this virtual studio with Kenny Scharf, who will talk about projects such as his mural in the stairwell of thepediatric and adolescent psychiatric units at Kings County Hospitalin Brooklyn. The street artist-turned-blue-chip darling will chat with dealerDavid Totahtuning in from Scharfs permanent FUNUNDERWORLD installation at his New York galleryand RxArt founderDiane Brown.

Price:Free for Friends of RxART (membership is $100)Time:1 p.m.

Tanner West

Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania.

3. The Modern Portrait hosted by the Philadelphia Show

As part of a monthly series, New Conversations with the Philadelphia Show, University of Pennsylvania associate professor Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw and Philadelphia Museum of Art curator Jessica T. Smith highlight how 15 artists used portraiture to frame their perception of people and experiment with techniques, as well as to reflect on social issues.

Price:Free with registration.Time:5:30 p.m.6:30 p.m.

Eileen Kinsella

Courtesy of the Helsinki Biennial.

4. Helsinki Biennial Talks Lecture by Dr. Paul ONeill: The Biennial Impact at the Helsinki Biennial

Irish curator, artist, writer, and educator Paul ONeill will take a look at the worldwide proliferation of the art biennial over the past 20 years, with an eye toward covering everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask in the first virtual program for the inaugural Helsinki Biennial.

Price:FreeTime:9:30 a.m.11:30 a.m.

Tanner West

Mildred Thompson, Construction (c. 1973). Courtesy of Galerie Lelong.

5. Dialogues Expanding the Legacy of Mildred Thompson at Galerie Lelong, New York

In conjunction with its second solo exhibition of Mildred Thompsona previously overlooked Black artist of the Modernist eraThroughlines, Assemblages and Works on Paper from the 1960s to the 1990s, Galerie Lelong hosts the second event in its new Dialogues series, moderated byMelissa Messina, curator of the artists estate. The speakers include artist ADriane Nieves, founder of Philadelphias Tessera Arts Collective,and Lauren Jackson Harris and Daricia Mia DeMarr, founders of Black Women in Visual Art.

Price:Free with registrationTime:2 p.m.3 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Image courtesy of The Shed.Clockwise from top left: Howardena Pindell, Heather Hart, Shani Peters, Tiona Nekkia McClodden. Photos: Nathan Keay; Heather Hart; Texas Isaiah; Chanel Matsunami Govreau.

6. Pindells Legacy: Artists/Activists/Educators hosted by the Shed

This is your last chance to catch an installment of Pindells Legacy, a series of online talks exploring the work of artist Howardena Pindell. The talk, moderated by The Shed assistant curator Adeze Wilford, will featurePindell alongside interdisciplinary artists Heather Hart, Shani Peters, and Tiona Nekkia McClodden. Pindells Legacy has run in tandem with Howardena Pindell: Rope/Fire/Water, a video project by the artist that was unrealized since the 1970s. Through a mix of personal anecdotes and historical data, Pindells first video in over 25 years explores racism, the history of lynching in the US, and the healing power of art. If youre in the New York area, you can catch the show in-person at The Shed through March 28.

Price:Free with registration.Time:6:30 p.m.

Katie Rothstein

Courtesy of A Blade of Grass.

7. Making Change Now: Contextualizing Cancel Culture, Hyper-Partisanship, and the Politics of Progress at a Blade of Grass, New York

After an organizational restructuring that winnowed the staff of A Blade of Grass to just onedirector Deborah Fisherthe nonprofit kicks off its new season of programming with community organizer and cultural worker Scot Nakagawa and racial justice and human rights expert Loretta J. Ross. The two will discuss the influence of the media and the ways in which it helps drive partisan divisions within society, and how peoples consumption of media shapes their beliefs.

Price:Free with registrationTime:6 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Sandhya Kochar, Torkwase Dyson, Ann Hamilton. Photos by Gabe Souza and Calista Lyon.

8. Torkwase Dyson in Conversation with Ann Hamilton and Sandhya Kochar at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, Ohio

The Wexner continues its Diversities in Practice talk series with Torkwase Dyson, the museums residency award recipient, who will speak about her work with Ohio State art professorAnn Hamilton and architecture lecturer Sandhya Kochar.

Price:Free with RSVPTime:7 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

George Mumford, Nadia Hallgren. Photo by JJ Medina.

9. Lens Mix 4: Nadia Hallgren and George Mumford at FotoFocus, Cincinnati

FotoFocuss LensMix conversation series returns with filmmaker Nadia Hallgren and sports coach George Mumford, who will discuss overcoming professional boundaries facing African Americans to work with the likes of Michelle Obama and Kobe Bryant.

Price:Free with registrationTime:6 p.m.

Nan Stewert

Sophie Kahn, The Divers VI. Courtesy of the artist.

10. Sophie Kahn: Dematerialized on Mozilla Hubs

Nearly a year after lockdown cancelled her exhibition Dematerialized at the School of Visual Arts in New York, Sophie Kahn is finally debuting the show, albeit in dramatically altered form, staged in the world of VR. The artist has recreated both the physical space and the works themselves, which were 3-D printed sculptures based on scans of live models in different poses.You can book a virtual tour where Kahn will guide your avatar through the interactive 3-D experience, in which sculptures expand and levitate off their pedestals as you approach. (A VR headset is recommended, but optional, to experience the show.)

Price:Free with registrationTime:Opening, 6:30 p.m.7:30 p.m., and by virtual appointment

Sarah Cascone

Illustration by franzidraws. Courtesy of the Design Museum Everywhere.

11. Designs Role in Equity: Diversity in Action Preview Workshop at the Design Museum Everywhere, Boston

The Design Museum Everywhere is hosting a free workshop to preview its Diversity in Action training program, a three-month course hosted by its director of learning and interpretation,Diana Navarrete-Rackauckas with the aim of illustrating the role design plays in equity.

Price:Free with RSVPTime:1 p.m.2 p.m.

Nan Stewert

Through Saturday, March 6

Joyce Pensato: Fuggetabout It (Redux), installation view (2021). Photo courtesy of Petzel.

12. Joyce Pensato Fuggetabout It (Redux) at Petzel, New York

In 2011, Joyce Pensato was evicted from her East Williamsburg studio after 32 years. She turned her legal defeat into art, staging a critically acclaimed exhibition at Petzel featuring hundreds of paint-splattered objects from her former workspace. She showed the installation in two other iterations during her lifetime; now, her estate has worked with the gallery to stage a Redux version, accompanied by the late artistss eyeball paintings, based on characters such as Elmo and Felix the Cat.

Location:Petzel, 456 West 18th Street, New YorkPrice:FreeTime: TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.6 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Saturday, March 6

Guests at the Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Art + Feminism at MoMA. Photo by Manuel Molina Martagon, courtesy of the Museum of Modern Art.

13. The Met x Wikipedia Virtual Edit Meet-up: Womens History Month at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Met is one of 57 institutions around the world holding anArt+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon for Womens History Month. Edit-a-thons look to add information about women artists to the free online encyclopedia to boost efforts to bridge the gender gap in the art world. The Wikimedia NYC chapter will provide lists of artists and artworks, as well as training on editing and creating articles. Tune in on Facebook or YouTube to watch, or sign up on theWikipedia Meetup page.

Price:FreeTime:12:30 p.m.2:30 p.m.

Sarah Cascone

Jordan Kasey, Storm, 2020 Courtesy of Nicelle Beauchene Gallery

14. Jordan Kasey: The Storm at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York City

Nicelle Beauchene Gallery presents The Storm, Jordan Kaseys third solo show with the gallery. The show consists of eight new large-scale paintings with the artists signature figures that take up the entirety of the surface. The paintings depict slices of loneliness: a solo man with an umbrella, a figure lit up with lightning, which leaves the viewer to wonder if the storm is literal internal. Light and shadow is used to create the feeling that something is looming just out of view, giving each work a surreal, dreamlike quality.

Location:Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, 7 Franklin Place, New YorkPrice:FreeTime:TuesdaySaturday, 11 a.m.6 p.m.

Neha Jambhekar

Installation view Eric Standley: Songs for the Living, 2020. Courtesy of Dinner Gallery.

15. Eric Standley: Songs for the Living at Dinner Gallery

Made of scrupulously arranged layers of multicolor laser-cut paper, Eric Standleys intricate works bring to mind mandalas, Gothic architectural webs, and the delicate carvings common to Islamic prayer niches. Though newly made, Standley calls the work artifacts because, for him, the act of assembling them is akin to an act of discoveringas though the forms already exist out in the world, and he has happened upon them. Set against bright, geometric forms painted onto the gallery walls, the exhibition has the feel of a sanctum, a place with reverence for complexity, study, and moments of peaceful contemplation.

Location: Dinner Gallery,242 West 22nd Street, New YorkPrice: FreeTime: By appointment, TuesdaySaturday

Katie White

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This Wednesday, Mar. 3, from 1:30 p.m. 2 p.m., Ann Plato Fellow in Anthropology and American Studies Amanda Guzman will deliver a lecture entitled Reframing (Our) Institutional Histories: Objects as New Sites of Representation to the Trinity community. Guzman graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Ph.D. in Anthropology (Archaeology). Guzman specializes in museum anthropology, while her research focuses on the history of collecting and exhibiting Puerto Rico at the intersection of issues of intercultural representation and national identity formation. Using the knowledge and experience she has gained from her work with collections, Guzman has been able to use teaching practices that privilege a more equitable, co-production of knowledge in the classroom through accessible engagement in cultural work.

According to the main coordinator of the Art + Feminism event, Mary Mahoney, Guzman is a great speaker for this particular event because she specializes in the field of museum anthropology and can speak on issues of representation in museums which is central to the theme of Art + Feminism. She is also a great speaker and is doing really exciting work at Trinity.

Art + Feminism is an international community which closes the information gap about gender, feminism, and the arts on the internet. An important element of this work is coordinating Wikipedia edit-a-thons that addressWikipedias documented gender bias, specifically in the arts. The Art + Feminism week at Trinity is a way to promote awareness of this community and the work this community does.

Professor Guzman will share her research in museum anthropology and use it to help us understand issues of representation in collections. The event itself speaks to the politics of knowledge creation and invites participants to first acknowledge and understand the disparity in coverage of women and non-binary artists on Wikipedia. It then welcomes volunteers to learn how to edit and contribute to pages of women and non-binary artists and organizations. The same kind of disparity in coverage of women and non-binary artists exists in museums and is influenced by issues of race, class, and gender, added Mahoney.

While this is a lecture that may attract specific fields of studies, such as American Studies and Anthropology, attendance across all academic fields is encouraged.

Art + Feminism speaks to the politics of knowledge creation. We all use Wikipedia all the time, for example, but perhaps dont examine the motivations, assumptions, or biases that influence who gets a page, what kinds of sources count towards proving someone notable enough to warrant one, and what information gets edited out by editors. Similarly, how do museums decide what artists to feature? What kinds of objects are worthy of display and why? This series of events invites everyone on campus to think about assumptions we make about things in our world that are made to appear natural and what role gender plays in shaping those assumptions, said Mahoney.

As part of the Art + Feminism Week, there is a culminating event called the all-day edit-a-thon. This event serves as a chance to close the information gap around gender, feminism, and the arts on the internet.

We will train volunteers to learn how to edit and contribute to pages of women and non-binary artists and organizations. Volunteers can start with our list of New England artists and organizations in New England, or they can choose any artist or organizations of interest. There is absolutely no experience necessary, and in fact we love introducing people to editing who have never edited before! Its easy and fun. The edit-a-thon will feature an hour-long performance break featuring community and Trinity artists. Our event site will also feature creative work from across campus that we are excited to share, noted Mahoney.

There will be several events, including Guzmans lecture on Wednesday, for Art + Feminism week offered by Trinity for this upcoming week. Typically, the events are held in person. However, this year, due to Covid-19, all events will be held virtually.

On Mar. 4, from 1 p.m. 2 p.m., a virtual tour featuring Feminist Art and Women Artists at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art will occur. This tour will be led by Adult and Academic Programs Manager Janna Israel. At 11 a.m. -4 p.m. on Mar. 5, the all-day Wikipedia edit-a-thon, which includes breakout rooms for new Wikipedia Editors, will begin. There will be Artist performances occurring during this time from 1 p.m. 2 p.m.. Finally, on Thursday, Mar. 25, from 1 p.m. 2:30 p.m., there will be a virtual workshop entitled Wikipedia and Open Pedagogy focusing on these issues.

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It's the use of quantum mechanics to run calculations on specialized hardware.

To fully define quantum computing, we need to define some key terms first.

The quantum in "quantum computing" refers to the quantum mechanics that the system uses to calculate outputs. In physics, a quantum is the smallest possible discrete unit of any physical property. It usually refers to properties of atomic or subatomic particles, such as electrons, neutrinos, and photons.

A qubit is the basic unit of information in quantum computing. Qubits play a similar role in quantum computing as bits play in classical computing, but they behave very differently. Classical bits are binary and can hold only a position of 0 or 1, but qubits can hold a superposition of all possible states.

Quantum computers harness the unique behavior of quantum physicssuch as superposition, entanglement, and quantum interferenceand apply it to computing. This introduces new concepts to traditional programming methods.

In superposition, quantum particles are a combination of all possible states. They fluctuate until they're observed and measured. One way to picture the difference between binary position and superposition is to imagine a coin. Classical bits are measured by "flipping the coin" and getting heads or tails. However, if you were able to look at a coin and see both heads and tails at the same time, as well as every state in between, the coin would be in superposition.

Entanglement is the ability of quantum particles to correlate their measurement results with each other. When qubits are entangled, they form a single system and influence each other. We can use the measurements from one qubit to draw conclusions about the others. By adding and entangling more qubits in a system, quantum computers can calculate exponentially more information and solve more complicated problems.

Quantum interference is the intrinsic behavior of a qubit, due to superposition, to influence the probability of it collapsing one way or another. Quantum computers are designed and built to reduce interference as much as possible and ensure the most accurate results. To this end, Microsoft uses topological qubits, which are stabilized by manipulating their structure and surrounding them with chemical compounds that protect them from outside interference.

A quantum computer has three primary parts:

For some methods of qubit storage, the unit that houses the qubits is kept at a temperature just above absolute zero to maximize their coherence and reduce interference. Other types of qubit housing use a vacuum chamber to help minimize vibrations and stabilize the qubits.

Signals can be sent to the qubits using a variety of methods, including microwaves, laser, and voltage.

Quantum computer uses and application areas

A quantum computer can't do everything faster than a classical computer, but there are a few areas where quantum computers have the potential to make a big impact.

Quantum computers work exceptionally well for modeling other quantum systems because they use quantum phenomena in their computation. This means that they can handle the complexity and ambiguity of systems that would overload classical computers. Examples of quantum systems that we can model include photosynthesis, superconductivity, and complex molecular formations.

Classical cryptographysuch as the RivestShamirAdleman (RSA) algorithm thats widely used to secure data transmissionrelies on the intractability of problems such as integer factorization or discrete logarithms. Many of these problems can be solved more efficiently using quantum computers.

Optimization is the process of finding the best solution to a problem given its desired outcome and constraints. In science and industry, critical decisions are made based on factors such as cost, quality, and production timeall of which can be optimized. By running quantum-inspired optimization algorithms on classical computers, we can find solutions that were previously impossible. This helps us find better ways to manage complex systems such as traffic flows, airplane gate assignments, package deliveries, and energy storage.

Machine learning on classical computers is revolutionizing the world of science and business. However, training machine learning models comes with a high computational cost, and that has hindered the scope and development of the field. To speed up progress in this area, we're exploring ways to devise and implement quantum software that enables faster machine learning.

A quantum algorithm developed in 1996 dramatically sped up the solution to unstructured data searches, running the search in fewer steps than any classical algorithm could.

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GUANGZHOU, China China is looking to boost research into what it calls "frontier technology" including quantum computing and semiconductors, as it competes with the U.S. for supremacy in the latest innovations.

In its five-year development plan, the 14th of its kind, Beijing said it would make "science and technology self-reliance and self-improvement a strategic pillar for national development," according to a CNBC translation.

Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that China would increase research and development spending by more than 7% per year between 2021 and 2025, in pursuit of "major breakthroughs" in technology.

China's technology champions such as Huawei and SMIC have been targeted by U.S. sanctions as tensions between Beijing and Washington have ramped up in the past few years.

As such, China has concentrated on boosting its domestic expertise in areas it sees as strategically important, such as semiconductors. And now it has laid out seven "frontier technologies" that it will prioritize not just for the next five years, but beyond too.

China plans to focus on specialized chip development for AI applications and developing so-called open source algorithms. Open source technology is usually developed by one entity and licensed by other companies.

There will also be an emphasis on machine learning in areas such as decision making. Machine learning is the development of AI programs trained on vast amounts of data. The program "learns" as it is fed more data.

AI has been a key field for Chinese companies and the central government over the last few years. Major companies such as Alibaba and Baidu have been investing in the technology.

China and the U.S. are competing for AI dominance. A group of experts chaired by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said China could soon replace the U.S. as the world's "AI superpower."

Semiconductors are a critical area for China and one it has invested a lot in over the past few years but the country has struggled to catch up to the U.S., Taiwan and South Korea.

The problem is the complexity of the semiconductor supply chain. Taiwan's TSMC and South Korea's Samsung are the two most advanced chip manufacturers but they rely on tools from the U.S. and Europe.

Washington has put SMIC, China's biggest chip manufacturer, on an export blacklist called the Entity List. SMIC cannot get its hands on American technology. And the U.S. has reportedly pushed to stop Dutch company ASML from shipping a key tool that could help SMIC catch up to rivals.

Since China doesn't have the companies that can design and make the tools that its chip manufacturers require, it relies on companies from other countries. This is something China wants to change.

In its five-year plan, China says it will focus on research and development in integrated circuit design tools, key equipment and key materials.

Chips are incredibly important because they go into many of the devices we use such as smartphones but are also important for other industries.

China plans to research areas such as how to stop diseases of the brain.

But it also says that it plans to look into "brain-inspired computing" as well as "brain-computer fusion technology," according to a CNBC translation. The five-year plan did not elaborate on what that could look like.

China laid out seven "frontier" technologies in its 14th Five Year Plan. These are areas that China will focus research on and include semiconductors and brain-computer fusion.

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However, such work is already underway in the U.S. at Elon Musk's company Neuralink. Musk is working on implantable brain-chip interfaces to connect humans and computers.

With the outbreak of the coronavirus last year, biotechnology has grown in importance.

China says it will focus on "innovative vaccines" and "research on biological security."

China's research will concentrate on understanding the progression of cancer, cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic diseases.

The government also says that it will research some "cutting-edge" treatment technologies such as regenerative medicine. This involves medicine that can regrow or repair damaged cells, tissues and organs.

China says it will also be looking at key technologies in the prevention and treatment of major transmissible diseases.

Space exploration has been a top priority for China recently. Beijing said it will focus on research into the "origin and evolution of the universe," exploration of Mars as well as deep sea and polar research.

In December, a Chinese spacecraft returned to Earth carrying rocks from the moon. It was the first time China has launched a spacecraft from an extraterrestrial body and the first time it has collected moon samples.

And in July, China launched a mission to Mars called Tianwen -1.

CNBC's Iris Wang contributed to this report.

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