China's space mission was successful. Space capsule Shenzhou 5, carrying 38-year-old astronaut Lt. Col. Yang Liwei, orbited the Earth 14 times in 21 hours on October 15th, 2003. Although the mission didn't accomplish anything "cosmically significant", it proved that China is able to safely take a human to space and back. This mission officially puts China in record books as the 3rd country to ever do so. This is indeed a milestone for the most populated nation of this planet.

Populated it sure is. And I'm sure by smart people too. This mission can attest to that. But if only these people can have more human rights, their accomplishments can go even farther.