Wow... I haven\'t been this into the news in a while. I\'m sitting here reloading Chinese news sites to keep up with the landing of China\'s first manned space mission.
It\'s now 7.5 km from the landing site and counting...
I\'ve always been pro-China -- not necessarily pro-PRC regime, but pro-China and the Chinese people in many ways. As I\'ve written before, I support a unified China under a responsible democratic regime contributing to the international community. Of course, the government is similarly behind it as a \'prestige thing\' -- China\'s \"coming of age\".
But what I really find the most inspiring is that the emotions of the Chinese people and media, not only in the mainland but also in HK, Macau, and Taiwan, are jubilant about it. Rare is the time that Chinese, no matter where they might stand politically, rally behind a common cause, but this is one time, and it\'s fascinating for me to see history in the making.