A few instant gems from the clip:"This is a testament to the progress of the Chinese people. Today we sent a man into space fully conscious, and without shackles." "China's first manned mission into space occurred when political prisoner Yang Liwei was knocked unconscious in his cell and awoke to find himself in orbit." "They did not need to use attack dogs to get him into the spacecraft."NOTE: The Onion is a satire website, ie.,......

58 years after Chairman Mao lamented in 1950 that China couldn't even put a potato in space, Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang, 41, has successfully completed China's first spacewalk. Blogging for China offers an English translation of the dialogue that went on between the astronauts and the mission control back in Beijing, including the tense moment when they thought the orbital module had caught on fire. Shenzhou 7 has since landed safely back in Inner Mongolia......

This is just such a classic you'll have to read the entire AP story for yourself:A news story describing a successful launch of China's long-awaited space mission and including detailed dialogue between astronauts launched on the Internet Thursday, hours before the rocket had even left the ground. The country's official news agency Xinhua posted the article on its Web site Thursday, and remained there for much of the day before it was taken down. A......