{"id":18306,"date":"2024-05-09T20:27:55","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=18306"},"modified":"2024-05-09T20:27:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T17:27:55","slug":"china-got-its-own-cape-canaveral-wenchang-space-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/?p=18306","title":{"rendered":"China: Got its own &#8216;Cape Canaveral&#8217; &#8211; Wenchang Space Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hainan, known as the &#8220;Hawaii of China&#8221; for its sandy beaches and temperate climate, attracts tourists for another reason besides its beauty: space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city of Wenchang is home to a rocket launch center and a growing tourism industry catering to the growing interest in space tourism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China, inspired by Florida&#8217;s Cape Canaveral, has made no secret of its desire to develop this form of tourism in the region, starting with the launch of the Chang&#8217;e-6 probe spacecraft on May 3, with the aim of exploring far side of the moon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hilton Wenchang, with space center-like interiors, and the hotel&#8217;s gift shop with space-inspired toys enhance the space atmosphere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city celebrates space missions with rocket designs and screens projecting Chinese spacecraft, offering great photo spots. Bottled water in the shape of a rocket completes the experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hainan, known as the &#8220;Hawaii of China&#8221; for its sandy beaches and temperate climate, attracts tourists for another reason besides its beauty: space. The&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1808],"tags":[161,5391,5389],"class_list":["post-18306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defense-space","tag-china","tag-space-program","tag-wenchang-space-center"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18308,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18306\/revisions\/18308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.liberalglobe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}