‘China’s Cape Canaveral’ is booming, fueled by moon mission and space program

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‘China’s Cape Canaveral’ is booming, fueled by moon mission and space program

By Lilit Marcus and Marc Stewart, CNN (CNN) — Hainan, a Chinese island that’s geographically closer to Hanoi than Beijing, is known as the Hawaii of China due to its sandy beaches and temperate weather. But there’s another reason tourists from around China are flocking to Hainan these days: space. The city of Wenchang is home to a rocket launch center – and a tourist industry that caters to a growing interest in space-related tourism. China has …