The Western press seems to think the country is.
"In shortly considering China’s reusable rockets, LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 and Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 are brought up as they are out ahead of competitors, but weirdly the Long March 8R is too"
Wait is there new information about the LM 8R?
No, plans for it have stalled as more ‘standard’ reusable rocket designs have made progress.
"In shortly considering China’s reusable rockets, LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 and Space Pioneer’s Tianlong-3 are brought up as they are out ahead of competitors, but weirdly the Long March 8R is too"
Wait is there new information about the LM 8R?
No, plans for it have stalled as more ‘standard’ reusable rocket designs have made progress.