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Topic: Source(s) for Chinese space program news
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Mercury7
Member Posts: 360
From: Greenville, SC, USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 02-14-2010 01:08 PM
  
I am currently not happy with sources of information about China's space program in general. I realize that they are heavily tied to the military and so that in itself makes information hard to come by. I would like to propose to the Chinese government a space news conduit for the western folks. A specific office tasked with providing us with news and information for China's advances and achievements. We need a Chinese version of Miles O'brien that has access and the ability to share with the world the excitement of that national pride the Chinese people are feeling. I bet their space program is making exciting advances every month that we would be interested in. I would even host a website myself if I had the connections. |
dom
Member Posts: 855
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 02-14-2010 01:09 PM
The 'Great Firewall of China' works both ways. As the Chinese space program is mainly for internal consumption - to remind the citizens that the Communist party are the only people who can do stuff like this - they aren't too concerned about media management of the space program to the outside world right now...Very little apart from some nice photographs has been released about the manned flights and they only bothered to release one photograph of the moon from their recent Chang-e lunar probe! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-14-2010 01:27 PM
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Originally posted by Mercury7:
A specific office tasked with providing us with news and information for China's advances and achievements.
Such an office exists: the Xinhua News Agency, the state-run press agency for the People's Republic of China. For example, on Sept. 25, 2008, Xinhua published the details of the Shenzhou 7 mission, including quotes from the taikonauts on orbit. It was an engaging account of China's third manned mission. Only one problem: Shenzhou 7 hadn't launched yet. The article was later removed from their website and ascribed to a "technical error by a technician." |
Lasv3
Member Posts: 410
From: Bratislava, Slovakia
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 02-14-2010 02:04 PM
I can recommend the Russian web page spacevideo.ru, which has also the English version. In the part Films/Manned Missions/Chinese Manned Missions there are two films: "China in Space" is a very good document on the first manned mission of Shenzhou 5. It's in mandarin but we who know do not need much words and you feel like watching it live in a Beijing pub.  Second program is in English dealing with both Shenzhou 5 and 6 flights though the latter one is very brief only. This is of course not the regular progress report page but two nice movies on the beginnings of the Chinese manned space flights, which you can not only watch but to save as well. |
TRS
Member Posts: 721
From: Wellington, New Zealand
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 06-08-2010 07:08 AM
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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Such an office exists: the Xinhua News Agency, the state-run press agency for the People's Republic of China.
An interesting story on coverage of China's first manned space mission. In a lecture to journalism students last month, an official at Xinhua, the state news agency, said the mission was not so perfect.The official, Xia Lin, described how a design flaw had exposed the astronaut to excessive G-force pressure during re-entry, splitting his lip and drenching his face in blood. Startled but undaunted, workers quickly mopped up the blood, strapped him back in his seat and shut the door. Then, with cameras rolling, the cabin door swung open again, revealing an unblemished moment of triumph. |
issman1
Member Posts: 1042
From: UK
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 06-08-2010 12:01 PM
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Originally posted by dom:
As the Chinese space program is mainly for internal consumption - to remind the citizens that the Communist party are the only people who can do stuff like this - they aren't too concerned about media management of the space program to the outside world right now...
Certain sections of the American news media would have us believe China can and will eclipse the USA  But it appears they are in no position to do this now or in the forseeable future. Yet, there is heightened talk of China participating in the International Space Station. The Communist party would, however, have to dispense with the "media management" and secrecy if it wants to become a genuine team-player.
http://www.space-travel.com/reports/China_May_Become_Space_Station_Partner_999.html |
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