China space mission article hits Web before launch

China space mission article hits Web before launch

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BEIJING (AP) -- 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.

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I can't believe what i'm reading. communism being exposed.
please see article from the new york times. this is what happens when media is controlled by the government, i'm afraid the u.s. is heding in the same direction.
what does everyone think of this? the sad part is that this lie is being spoon fed to billions of people over in china. sure, they might have a space program, but what would had happen if something had gone wrong at launch, when the article already reported on the success of the mission?

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