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One giant step for China

Any day now, at a hidden airbase in the forests of northeast China, a panel of doctors and air-force officers will make the final choice of the first Chinese woman to go into space. When that happens, she will step out of the shadows of military secrecy... ...full story at Times Online

from Times Online on Sat, Oct 17 2009

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