Yang Liwei - Yang Liwei Yang Liwei (杨利伟) (born June 1965) is an astronaut (yuhangyuan) and the People's Republic of China's first man in space. Yang Liwei pictured in orbit during the Shenzhou 5 mission with PRC and UN flags. He was born in Suizhong County in the Liaoning Province, an industrial area in Northeast China. Yang's mother was a teacher, his father an accountant at a state agricultural firm. Yang Liwei's wife is also a People's Liberation Army officer, with whom he has a son. Growing up, his grades were average but he excelled in the sciences. He loved to swim and skate and shone in track and field events. Yang was selected as an astronaut candidate in 1998 and has trained for space flight since then. He.
Astronaut - space. It is however unclear how to translate the "naut" term into Chinese, and simply using the term taikongren or taikongyuan (taikong person) is problematic since that term is used already to mean space alien. Chinese officials and newspapers use the term yuhangyuan (宇航員) in Chinese, however, which roughly translates as "space navigator." Unlike the Russian and Soviet cases, there are no Chinese objections, political or otherwise, to the English use of the term Chinese astronaut. The first astronaut was Yuri Gagarin, who was launched into space in April 1961 aboard Vostok 1. The first woman astronaut was Valentina Tereshkova, who was launched into space in June 1963 aboard Vostok 6. Alan Shepard became the first American in space in May 1961. On October 15 2003 Yang Liwei became China's first.
Timeline of astronauts by nationality - Ivan Bella 2000s 2002 South Africa Mark Shuttleworth 2003 Israel Ilan Ramon 2003 China Yang Liwei.
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Shenzhou 5 - Center, a launch base in the Gobi Desert in Gansu Province, entering orbit 343 km above Earth at 09:10 (UTC +8) with astronaut Yang Liwei (杨利伟), the 38 year-old Lieutenant Colonel in the People's Liberation Army and former fighter pilot. The launch made the PRC the third country to independently launch a person into space, after the Soviet Union and the United States. The launch of the Shenzhou is the result of a manned space program which began in 1992. Neither the launch nor the reentry was televised live. Some believe that it was due to government fears that a disaster could create an embarrassment, but news appeared on Chinese Central Television shortly after both events. The level of secrecy associated with the Shenzhou V mission lays between American and Soviet.
October 2003 - the United States, and Spain. [1] Canada: A man survives a fall over Niagara Falls without any protective device. [1] October 19, 2003 United Kingdom: A new biography, reported in The Sunday Times, claims that the prosecution of Oscar Wilde for sodomy was ordered by the then Liberal government, in a deal with the Marquess of Queensbury, the father of Lord Alfred Douglas, to prevent his exposure of a homosexual relationship between another of his sons, Viscount Drumlanrig, and British Prime Minister Lord Rosebery. According to reports, future prime minister Herbert Asquith played a key role in negotiating the deal, which led to the imprisonment of the Irish writer. United Kingdom: Frank Bruno leaves hospital in the UK where he has been undergoing treatment for depression. [1] United Kingdom: British Prime.
List of China-related topics - Bauhinia - Beaches of Hong Kong - Beidaihe - Beihai - Beijiang River - Beijing - Beijing Capital International Airport - Beijing Convention - Beijing Institute of Technology - Beijing Spring - Beiyang - Bengbu - Bernhard Karlgren - Betel nut beauty - Betty Loh Ti - Big5 - Bilge - Bishonen - Black gold - Blanching - Blang - Blueshirt - Boat people - Bodhidharma - Bohai Bay - Bohai Sea - Bohai - Bön - Bonan - Bonsai - Bopomofo - Bourgeois liberalism - Boxer Rebellion - Bozhou - BPM (time service) - Brahmaputra - Brigitte Lin - British East India Company - Bruce Lee - Buddhism - Buddhism in China - Buddleia - Bumin Khan - Burlingame Treaty - Buyi C Cai Lun - Cai Yuanpei - Cairo.
List of astronauts by selection - May 1 - Payload Specialists - ESA Ulf Merbold, Claude Nicollier, Wubbo Ockels, Franco Malerba 1979 April 1 - 1979 Intercosmos Group - USSR Tuan Pham, Thanh Liem Bui 1980 May 29 - NASA Group - USA Pilots: John Blaha, Charles Bolden, Roy Bridges, Guy Gardner, Ronald Grabe, Byan O'Connor, Richard Richards, Michael Smith Mission specialists: James Bagian, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Mary Cleave, Bonnie Dunbar, William Fisher, David Hilmers, David Leestma, John Lounge, Jerry Ross, Sherwood Spring, Robert Springer International mission specialists: Claude Nicollier, Wubbo Ockels 1982 December 1 - Payload Specialists - Germany Reinhard Furrer, Ernst Messerschmid 1984 May 23 - NASA Group - USA Pilots: Kenneth Cameron, John Casper, Frank Culbertson, Sidney Guiterrez, Blaine Hammond, Michael McCulley, James Wetherbee Mission specialists: James Adamson, Ellen Baker, Mark Brown, Manley Cartner, Marsha.
List of astronauts by name - Kubasov, (born 1935) L Judith Lapierre Alexander Laveykin Wendy Lawrence Vasili Lazarev Alexander Lazutkin Valentin Lebedev Mark Lee David Leestma William Lenoir Aleksei Leonov, (born 1934) Frederick Leslie Anatoly Levchenko Byron Lichtenberg Don Lind Steven Lindsey Jerry Linenger Richard Linnehan Gregory Linteris Yang Liwei - see under Y Paul Lockhart Yuri Lonchakov Michael Lopez-Alegria John Lounge Jack Lousma Jim Lovell, (born 1928) George Low Edward Lu Shannon Lucid Vladimir Lyakhov M Steven MacLean Sandra Magnus Oleg Makarov, (1933-2003) Yuri Malenchenko Franco Malerba Yuri Malyshev Gennady Manakov Musa Manarov Michael Massimino Richard Mastracchio Thomas Mattingly William McArthur Christa McAuliffe, (1948-1986) John McBride Bruce McCandless William C. McCool, (1961-2003) Michael McCulley James McDivitt Donald McMonagle Ronald McNair, (1950-1986) Carl Meade Bruce Melnick Pamella Melroy Ulf Merbold, (born 1941), Germany Ernst Messerschmid, (born 1945).
List of officers of the People's Liberation Army - note in the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. Chen Yi Lei Feng Lin Biao Yang Liwei Yang Shangkun Zhu De.
Yang Guozhong - Yang Guozhong Yang Guozhong (楊國忠 Pinyin: yang2 guo1 zhong1) (? - 756) was a official who achieved high rank due to his relation with Emperor-Consort Yang Guifei. Yang Guozhong was a gambler distant cousin, Yang Zhao (楊釗) was given the given name Guozhong ("Loyal to the Empire") and ten titles, including Overseer of All Departments (支部郎中). Yang and his sister was killed after the Anshi Rebellion started because the army attribute the chaos to him..
James Yang - James Yang James Yang, better known as Jimmy Yang or Akio (born on May 13, 1981 in Seoul, South Korea), is a Korean professional wrestler performing for World Wrestling Entertainment on the Smackdown brand. In June 1999, Yang signed with WCW, then made his WCW television debut in January 2000. He was put in a trio called the Jung Dragons along with Jamie-San (now WWE's Jamie Noble) and Kaz Hayashi. Yang and Hayashi defeated Evan Karagias and Jamie Knoble at WCW Sin in January 2001. By the end of WCW, the WWF purchased Yang's WCW contract and assigned him to the company's developmental roster. With no plans to call him to the main roster, the WWF eventually released Yang, who then agreed to join All Japan Pro.
Yang di-Pertuan Agong - Yang di-Pertuan Agong Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Malay title usually translated as "Supreme Head", "Supreme Ruler" or "Paramount Ruler", is the official title of the head of state of Malaysia. The position is often glossed as King in English. Since Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy, the role of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is largely ceremonial. The constitution specifies that executive power, theoretically vested in the head of state, are exercised by (or on the advice of) the Cabinet headed by the Prime Minister. In a feature unique to the Malaysian monarchy, the position is rotated every 5 years between the nine Rulers of the Malay states. The selection of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong initially followed an order based on the seniority (calculated by length of reign).
Jerry Yang - Jerry Yang Jerry Chih-Yuan Yang (楊致遠 Pinyin: Yáng Zhìyuǎn) (born 1968) is the Taiwanese American co-founder, Chief Yahoo and Director of Yahoo Inc. Born in Taipei, Taiwan Yang moved to San Jose, California when 10, with his single mother (Lily) and younger brother (Ken). His father had died when Yang was 2. He claimed that despite his mother being an English teacher, he only knew one English word on his arrival. Despite this initial obstacle, Yang managed to receive straight-As and three years later, be in an advanced-placement English class. Yang received his B.S and M.S degrees in electrical engineering from Stanford University. He co-created the Yahoo! Internet navigational guide in April 1994 with David Filo and co-founded Yahoo! Inc. in April 1995. Yang married Akiko Yamazaki, a.
Yang di-Pertua Negeri - Yang di-Pertua Negeri Yang di-Pertua Negeri, literally the "head of state" in Malay, is the title of the largely symbolic state Governors of the Malaysian states of Penang, Malacca, Sabah and Sarawak, who are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or King of Malaysia. Previously while the states of Penang, Malacca and Sarawak had Governors or Yang di-Pertua Negeri, the state of Sabah (until 1976) had a Yang di-Pertua Negara while the state of Singapore (between 1959 and 1965) had a Yang di-Pertuan Negara. In present day usage negeri and negara mean "state (sub-national)" and "state (country)" respectively, while the finer distinction between Yang di-Pertua and Yang di-Pertuan is similar to the English "head" and "ruler". The Yang di-Pertuan Negara of Head of State of Singapore.
Hanmin Yang - Hanmin Yang Hanmin Yang is a filmmaker, photographer and writer. View his work.
Yin Yang - Yin Yang In Chinese concept, yin (陰 or 阴 in pinyin: yin1) and yang (陽 or 阳 yang2) are two opposing elements of the universe. They are not two poles like good and evil, however; they are relative. For example, Yin: associates with the dark Moon (facing away from Sun), represents feminine nature Yang: associates with the bright Sun, represents masculine nature Yin and yang can also be used (in conjunction with other characters) to indicate various parts of the male and female anatomy. A modern example: Yin: the traffic light on the freeway (the stillness) Yang: the traffic that flows past that traffic light (the vivaciousness) Some Chinese, Korean and Japanese placenames that still exist are named in the following principle: Yin: the north side of.
Chen Ning Yang - Chen Ning Yang Chen Ning Franklin Yang (楊振寧 pinyin: Yáng Zhènníng) (born September 22, 1922) is a Chinese American physicist, who worked on statistical mechanics and symmetry principles. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1957 at the age of 35, with Tsung-Dao Lee, for his investigations into the parity laws, a piece of basic research in the physics of elementary particles. Born in Hefei, Anhui, China Yang studied elementary school in Beijing, and middle school first in Beijing, then in Kunming. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from National Southwest Associated University (西南聯合大學) in Kunming in 1942. Two years later, he studied for his Master of Science degree with a full scholarship in Tsinghua University, at the time also in Kunming. On a Tsinghua University.
Shang Yang - Shang Yang Shang Yang (商鞅) (d. 338 BC) was an important statesman of Qin in the Warring States Period of ancient China. In 361 BC Qin Xiaogong (lit. Duke Xiao of Qin) ascended the Qin throne. Shang Yang left his position in Wei to become a minister in Qin, where his changes to the state's legal system, which built upon Li Kui's Book of Law, propelled the Qin to prosperity. Qin later went on to conquer all of China, uniting the country for the first time and ushering in the Qin dynasty. Shang Yang introduced two sets of changes to the Qin state. The first, in 356 BC, were as follows: Li Kui's Book of Law was implemented, with the important addition of a rule providing punishment.
Zhao Ziyang - Chao Tzu-yang; born 17 October1919) was a politician in the People's Republic of China. He was Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1980 to 1987, and General Secretary of the Communist Party of China from 1987 to 1989. The son of a wealthy Henan province landlord, he joined the Communist Youth League in 1932 and worked underground as a CPC official during the second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945). He rose to prominence in the party in Guangdong from 1951. By the 1960s he was the Party secretary of Guangdong province. As a supporter of the reforms of Liu Shaoqi, he was dismissed as Guangdong party leader during the Cultural Revolution, paraded through Guangzhou in a dunce's cap, and in 1971 he was assigned to work in Inner Mongolia. He was.
