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...expedition more important for its symbolism than its science, Yang's flag-waving exercise sent an unexpected message to Planet Earth: not only had China joined the U.S. and Russia in the exclusive club of spacefaring nations, it wanted to celebrate the achievement with the whole world. For the first time in centuries, China, ever sensitive of its past as the isolated and reactionary "sick man of Asia," seemed confident of its own economic and political power, as comfortable strutting its stuff on the international stage as any member of the G-8. "Now, no one can look down...
...heralded manned space mission, there was a reminder that the central government remains authoritarian and insecure. China refused to air the liftoff live, lest state TV broadcast a midair disaster. But, for now, the rest of the world seems willing to share in the internationalist spirit that inspired astronaut Yang to hold up that little blue flag...
...tomorrow." Lieut. Colonel Yang Liwei, China's first astronaut, shortly before liftoff of the Shenzhou V spacecraft...
Thirty-six members of the House of Representatives wrote a letter to President George W. Bush Thursday, urging him to advocate the release of jailed dissident Yang Jianli in a meeting with the president of China during his current Asian tour...
...greatly appreciate the efforts of the State Department in pressing for Dr. Yang’s release, but we fear at this point that without your direct intercession...Dr. Yang will continue to suffer for nothing more than his love of democracy,” they wrote Bush...