00:01The stars are more visible from the Felix Aguila Astronomical Observatory in Argentina.
00:07And that's also why China chose the site to build a radio telescope.
00:11But works were stopped by Javier Millet's government recently.
00:14That coincided with a crucial financial bailout by the U.S. government.
00:18The Trump administration suspects the radio telescope could have a military application,
00:23a claim the University of San Juan, the project's Argentinian partner, strongly denies.
00:29It could have very limited military use as surrounding elevations greatly obstruct the view of anything on the surface.
00:37Also, the military use that a radio telescope can have depends mainly on whether it has a transmitter to use as a radar.
00:47This radio telescope does not have a transmitter.
00:51The astronomer says that the radio telescope is designed to move at the apparent speed of the stars due to the Earth's rotation,
00:57a hundred times slower than the required speed to track satellites and aircraft.
01:02Gonzalez believes China needs this location for observing distant galaxies,
01:06a project that's also valuable for studying tectonic plate movements.
01:10They want an observation base, that's the separation between the two antennas, as large as possible.
01:20Other observation centers were also challenged when the U.S. announced the financial bailout.
01:25It claimed Millet was committed to kicking China out of Argentina.
01:29They've also criticized a Chinese-backed port project in Tierra del Fuego.
01:33And there is a clear interest in reversing Chinese progress in mining and building telecommunications technology across Argentina.
01:40Meanwhile, trade with China is surging.
01:43Chinese exports to Argentina have grown 66 percent over the past year,
01:47with the arrival of several Chinese brands, thanks to Millet's trade liberalization policies.
01:54In October, the Dolphin Mini was the best-selling electric vehicle in Argentina,
02:03which is an impressive result for a newcomer.
02:08Everyone's here because of zero tariffs.
02:12In response to Millet's alignment with Trump, José Octavio Bordon,
02:16the former president of the Argentine Council of International Relations
02:19and former ambassador to the U.S., says a more nuanced foreign policy is needed.
02:24If the president feels comfortable with Donald Trump and the U.S. government, he has every right.
02:32But he has to take advantage of that to come up with the best foreign policy
02:37in line with the interests of Argentina.
02:40Not to be subordinated to the games of a great power.
02:45Whether Beijing will respond to the halting of the radio telescope construction remains unknown.
02:50It has already cost China 24 million dollars,
02:54and an additional 4 million dollars was invested by Argentina.
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