China was effectively shut out of the International Space Station after the United States passed the Wolf Amendment in 2011, so it built its own. If the ISS retires on schedule around 2030 and no comm

The article discusses the potential for China's Tiangong space station to become the only permanently crewed orbital outpost if the ISS retires by 2030. It highlights how the 2011 Wolf Amendment legally restricted NASA from collaborating with China, effectively isolating the two nations in space exploration.