China was effectively shut out of the International Space Station after the United States passed the Wolf Amendment in 2011, so it built its own. If the ISS retires on schedule around 2030 and no commercial successor is ready, China's Tiangong could become t Space DailyChina plans to double the size of its Tiangong space station while the ISS nears its end SpaceChina's Space Station Set to Expand Inside Outer SpaceChina plans to expand Tiangon