June 12, 2013

China's tenth manned spacecraft blasts off for 'Divine' docking with 'Celestial Palace'

China launched its tenth spacecraft, the Shenzhou-10 [Divine Vessel-10], on the evening of June 11 from its Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the western province of Gansu. Three crew member, two males and one female, known as the Taikonnauts, will be operating the spacecraft for 15 days.
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A Long March-2F rocket carrying China's manned Shenzhou-10 spacecraft blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gansu Province on June 11.  Xinhua/Li Gang/AP
The PLA has has much bigger concerns in Hong Kong than what to do about Snowden
The case of NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden has drawn the world’s attention to the extent to which Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership can influence the decision of the authorities of the Hong Kong special administrative region (SAR). Yet Beijing’s concern over the former British colony goes way beyond whether the SAR should hand Snowden over to law-enforcement officials in the United States.
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Benny Tai, associate professor at the School of Law, Hong Kong University.  
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