http://www.newsweek.com/china-take-over-moon-nasa-bill-nelson-space-race-1721493

China has no plans to claim the moon as its own, a Chinese government spokesperson has said, after NASA Administrator Bill Nelson reportedly voiced concerns to the contrary.

Speaking to German newspaper Bild on Saturday, Nelson, who was sworn in as head of NASA in May last year, said there was a "new race to space" between the U.S. and China—a reference to the previous space race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union between the 1950 and 70s.