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Executive Director, Alliance of Democracies Foundation
Jonas Parello-Plesner
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The Long March 5 Y-4 rocket carrying the Tianwen-1 Mars probe takes off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Wenchang, Hainan Province, China, July 23, 2020.