GLOBALink | How do Chinese astronauts train for Shenzhou-15 mission?
The Shenzhou-15 crewed spaceship will be launched at 11:08 p.m. Tuesday (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, announced the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) on Monday.
The spaceship will take three astronauts -- Fei Junlong, Deng Qingming, and Zhang Lu -- to carry out the Shenzhou-15 spaceflight mission. Fei will be the commander, said Ji Qiming, assistant to the director of the CMSA, at a press conference.
The crew will stay in orbit for about six months.
Check out how they get prepared for the mission.
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GLOBALink | Chinese modernization offers new path to better world
What is Chinese modernization? What does it mean to China and the world?
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GLOBALink | China's BeiDou reaches world-class level: white paper
China has built the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into a top-class system with cutting-edge technologies, pioneering design and powerful functions.
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GLOBALink | Airshow China in eyes of foreign visitors, exhibitors
The 14th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China, concluded Sunday in Zhuhai. Check out what foreign visitors and exhibitors say about the event.
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GLOBALink | China's new energy vehicles to serve G20 summit
Hundreds of new energy vehicles from a Chinese company will serve the G20 summit, which is scheduled to be held in Indonesia later this month.
300 Wuling Air EVs have arrived in Bali, Indonesia for the summit.
A subsidiary owned by major Chinese automobile manufacturer SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), rolled out the new energy vehicle (NEV) named Wuling Air EV at its production base in Bekasi, Indonesia in August.
SGMW, a joint venture between SAIC Motor, General Motors and Liuzhou Wuling Motors, is based in Liuzhou in China's Guangxi.
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GLOBALink | PLA Air Force showcases signature equipment at Airshow China
ZHUHAI, China, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force displayed an array of its equipment and weapons including aircraft, drones and missiles at the 14th Airshow China in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province.
The PLA Air Force's signature aircraft such as J-20 stealth fighter jets and a YU-20 tanker aircraft took part in the flying display at the airshow that opened Tuesday.
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GLOBALink | Economic Impulses: CIIE enables Dole to bring more imported fruits to Chinese consumers
Multinational food company Dole has become increasingly popular with Chinese consumers thanks to the CIIE. The market director of Dole China shares the company's CIIE stories.
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GLOBALink | China contributes to global trade by successfully implementing opening-up: Turkish business leader
In a recent Xinhua interview, a Turkish business leader said that China contributes to global trade by successfully implementing opening-up policy.
Demir Sarman, head of the Federation of Food and Drink Industry Associations of Türkiye, said China has switched from exporting cheap textiles and household consumer goods to providing high-tech products, and has taken a giant step forward.
Sarman believes that the fifth China International Import Expo (CIIE) is a giant platform, where businesses across the globe meet and create new partnerships.
A total of 70.72 billion U.S. dollars worth of tentative deals were reached for one-year purchases of goods and services at the CIIE last year.
Sarman said that "the importance of the CIIE for the region and the world is indisputable." His federation, the umbrella organization of Türkiye's food and beverage industry, is participating in the CIIE for the first time.
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GLOBALink | How China's Mengtian lab module docks with space station combination
BEIJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's space station lab module Mengtian successfully completed in-orbit transposition at 9:32 a.m. (Beijing Time) Thursday, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
This transposition marked the formation of the space station's basic T-shape configuration, representing a key step toward the completion of China's space station, said the agency.
The Mengtian lab module first completed its state setting and then separated from the space station combination. Mengtian next conducted transposition and docked at the side port of the Tianhe core module's node cabin.
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GLOBALink | China's 39th Antarctic expedition begins
SHANGHAI, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- China's research icebreaker Xuelong 2, or Snow Dragon 2, set off from Shanghai on Wednesday, marking the start of the country's 39th Antarctic expedition.
A total of 255 researchers will carry out investigations in the fields of atmospheric composition, water environment, sedimentary environment and ecosystem at the South Pole, and will arrive in two batches, with the second batch setting out on Oct. 31, 2022.
The expedition team is expected to return to China in early April next year.
With a total length of about 122 meters, a width of about 22 meters, a designed displacement of nearly 14,000 tonnes and an endurance of 20,000 nautical miles, Xuelong 2 is China's first domestically built icebreaker for polar research.
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