It has been a couple weeks since December 26, 2023, the day that marked the 130th anniversary of the birth of late Chinese leader Mao Zedong. People from all walks of life flocked to the Mao Zedong Square in Shaoshan, Central China s Hunan Province, in what looked like an endless stream to lay flower baskets in front of the bronze statue of Chairman Mao to remember him.
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While China and the whole world is experiencing profound changes unseen in a century, the public tribute to late Chinese leader Mao Zedong on Sunday, the 128th anniversary of his birth, seems endowed with more significance. Many found the late leader’s theory still illuminates contemporary China and still inspires Chinese youth as the Communist Party of China (CPC) just celebrated its centennial in July this year.
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Space station module to be lofted in first half of 2021 By ZHANG YANGFEI in Shaoshan, Hunan | China Daily | Updated: 2020-12-26 07:29 Share CLOSE Zhang Xiaoguang, an astronaut on the 2013 flight of Shenzhou X, unveiled the mission s reentry capsule at a ceremony in Shaoshan, Hunan province, at which the capsule was given to the provincial government for permanent exhibition at the Mao Zedong Memorial Museum. [Photo/China News Service]
China will launch the core module of the country s first space station in the first half of 2021, Zhou Jianping, chief designer of China s manned space project, said on Friday.
The space station is expected to be completed around 2022. All testing of its core module has been completed, and the Long March 5B rocket, a heavy-lift launch vehicle that made its maiden flight in May, is also in its final stages of testing, he said.