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Beijing’s Traffic Jam on Sept. 18, 2010
September 23, 2010Live ichthyophis bannanicus Found in China
September 17, 2010
According to Wikipedia, ichthyophis bannanicus is classified as “least concern” in terms of conservation. However, researchers claims that it is rarely seen and is actually an endangered animal.
Book published: Story of Sun Jiadong of CAS Member
July 9, 2010
An Unrecognized Animal with Three Different Eye Colors
July 2, 2010
On June 21, 2010, this little animal at Yichun Zoo (宜春市动物园), Jiangxi Province (江西省), stares at the camera with yellow eyes.
Source: WenxueCity
A Chinese Elementary School Entry Exam Question
June 30, 2010The following is said to be a question in the entry exam of an elementary school in Beijing.
Given nine integers 1 through 9, we can groups them as follows:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9
2, 4, 6, 8
China First Manned Space Mission Program in 1960s
March 19, 2010I am sure that everyone knows that the first Chinese manned mission was Shenzhou 5 launched on October 15, 2003 in which Yang Liwei (杨利伟) became the first Chinese astronaut (or hangtianyuan). But you may not know that China started (and failed) the first manned program (Project 714) back in 1960s. The name of the program was “Shuguang” meaning the dawn time. The following is the story.
New Chinese astronauts selection is down to 5 male and 2 female candidates
March 9, 2010Chinese news source said, China has finished another round of selecting new astronauts according to army officials who are attending NPC & CPPCC Annual Sessions. There are five male candidates out of 30 and two female candidates out of 15. These lucky candidates will receive further examinations. All of them are currently airforce pilots but their names are state secret.
The news says that among 15 females, five candidates are from Shandong province. They are: Wang Yaping (王亚平), Xing Lei (邢蕾), Cao Yanyan (曹艳艳), Liu Lu (刘璐) and Sun Jing (孙静). It is expected that some of them will become first generation of female astronauts in China.
The selected candidates will be “perfect” human beings. They must have ages between 25 and 35, height between 1.60 m and 1.75 m, weight between 55 kg and 70 kg. They should not have strong accent. They must be non addict, non drinking, non smoking, non picky on food, non snoring. Female astronauts must be married and have children.
In China, astronauts are called hangtianyuan.
China starts to design a new medium launch vehicle CZ-7
March 5, 2010Xinhua news reported today that China will start a new Project on its next-generation of Long March (CZ) rockets – medium launch vehicle CZ-7 or Long March 7 (我国立项研制长征七号 明年安排21次火箭发射). Chinese CZ series has launch vehicles for lifting weight less than 5 metric tons, lifting weight between 5 and 10 metric tons, and lifting weight around 20 metric tons (the on-going CZ-5), but not launch weight between 10 and 20 metric tons. CZ-7 aims to close the gap. CZ-7 will be designed based on CZ-2F and has a temporary name of CZ-2F(Altered) rocket or 长征二号F（换）型火箭. China hopes that this new rocket can be used in Chang’e program.
Top 10 manned space exploration news in 2009 selected by Chinese astronauts
January 25, 2010On January 23, 2010, Chinese magazine “Astronaut” announced its selection of “Top 10 manned space exploration news in 2009″ (2009年十大载人航天新闻). It is the first such activity by a combined committee of Chinese astronauts and experts in manned missions. The committee of 48 people includes; Lu Shanguang(陈善广), Liu Yu (刘宇), Qin Wenbo (秦文波) and six Chinese astronauts. Yang Liwei (杨利伟) read the announcement. The result is:
