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China's space programme | Ni hao, Moon | Economist.com

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HU JINTAO, China's Communist Party leader, could hardly have asked for such perfect timing. Or maybe he did. Scarcely had the party finished its ritual "election" of him for another five years, than a Chinese rocket on Wednesday October 24th propelled a satellite on China's—and the developing world's—first foray to the moon.

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