"Belt and road, but for Luna!" As my Chinese coworkers would say, it's an even bigger waste of money. Given the delta-v costs of landing on the moon, putting a

"Belt and road, but for Luna!" As my Chinese coworkers would say, it's an even bigger waste of money. Given the delta-v costs of landing on the moon, putting a base there, landing personnel and resupply would be enormously expensive. If China wants to spend percentages of their GDP building a moon base, sure, why not? Even with a heavy payload re-useable rocket like Starship, it'll still be really difficult. Alternatively, the US will build out serious orbital infrastructure and a mars base within the decade.