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AUKUS will complement, and not sideline Quad

At the same time, the EU delivered its Indo-Pacific system which called for "multi-layered commitment with China on issues of normal interest" while "pushing back where basic conflict exists with China, for example, on common freedoms."

Defunct Chinese space lab plunges back to Earth

Tiangong-1 -- or "Heavenly Palace" -- was placed in orbit in September 2011, acting as a testing ground for China's efforts to build its own space station by 2022, but ceased functioning in 2016.