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Did the Chinese fake their space walk?

Discover the truth behind the Chinese government space walk claims and the alleged conspiracy theories surrounding its timing.

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No. I assume, as usual, you want more info, though! There is a rumor going around that the Chinese government faked their space walk last week. I'm getting email about an article in The Epoch Times, and the article has obvious leanings against the Chinese government. I'm no fan of their government either, to be honest, but this article has many signs of the authors wearing tin foil changshans. They bring up the suspicious timing of the spacewalk, for example, as it comes when China is under attack about poisoned milk:

Political analysts say that due to tremendous domestic and international pressure, the Chinese regime moved up its spacewalk in hopes to shift focus away from the milk scandal.

What political analysts? Odd that the two journalists who wrote the article, Zhang Haishan and Shi Yu, wouldn't actually list any obvious sources. All they ever do is quote unnamed Chinese ...

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