It’s true. Don’t trust anything the Chinese government says.
Also, be skeptical of reports that China is in big trouble.
This WSJ article notes that the Chinese government has stopped reporting a wide range of economic data, and that could mean that the tariffs are having an effect.
Brave or reckless astronauts to take second EVA wearing spacesuits made in China. I won’t even buy batteries or saw blades from Harbor Freight. There is no way I’d go into a near absolute vacuum at 3 degrees above absolute zero in a Chinese spacesuit, unless I had no other choice. Communist China may not have given them any other choice.
Side Note: I always liked that the Russians are called cosmonauts and are from Star City. Kind of poetic. In Mandarin, what are astronauts called and did they invent a new character to represent “astronaut”? Or is it a sequence of characters, like “man turtle bubble”
Chinese Home-made Airship AS700 Conducts Test Flightmen,
Some media and politicians are taking a whimsical view of these high flying balloons.
The White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, confirmed that the administration does not believe aliens are involved. “There is no indication of aliens or extraterrestrial activity with these recent takedowns,” she said.
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