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China girl in space

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Dili lang diay Taiwan buot kuhaon sa China. Dili lang Spratley Isands. Dili lang Africa. Karon buot na kuhaon sa maong nasud ang kawanangan. Mao kini ang gi-konteasan og paugat sa America ug Russia sa una -space race.

Kagahapong adlawa mi-landing ang ga-parachute nga capsule sa China didto sa Inner Mongolia. Gikan ang maong capsule sa ilang space laboratory nga Tiangong-1. Usa kini sa mga lakang nga gihimo ning maong nasud para pagkab-ot sa ilang damgo nga makahimo og space station sa tuig 2020.

Apan ang malampuson nga mission dili maoy headline grabber alang sa ubang bahin sa kalibutan. Ug tingali giplano kinig maayo sa China (apan gapa goryo-goryo ang kini) para makakuha silag symbolic triumph -usa sa mga astronaut nga milugwa gikan sa maong capsul, babaye.

Ang astronaut nga babaye mao si Liu Yang nga usa ka 33 anyos nga major sa Air Force sa China. Gitawag siya sa ilaha og “little Flying Knight.”

Congrats sa China, ang giyuohang hari sa sweatshops ug piracy, sa ilang malampusong pagmugna og “poster girl” sa ilang space program, kini bisan pa man sa mga tabitabi nga kusog ang pagpatay ug pagdagmal sa mga batang babaye didto. Tungod sa ilang male bias ug sa one child policy giingon kusog silang modaut sa ilang mga anak nga babaye para ilang ingnon nga deffective ug tagaan silag laing higayon nga magkabata uban sa panghinaut nga ma lalake na kini.

Mao nga kang Liu Yang alias Little Flying Knight, ug sa tanang mga batang babaye nga misurvive sa maong cultural bias, atong i-dedicate kining kanta ni David Bowie nga Little China Girl.

Oh oh oh ohoo little china girl/Oh oh oh ohoo little china girl

I could escape this feeling, with my China Girl/I feel a wreck without my, little China Girl/I hear her heart beating, loud as thunder/Saw the stars crashing

I’m a mess without my little China Girl/Wake up in the morning. Where’s my, little China Girl?/I hear our heart’s beating, loud as thunder/I saw the stars crashing down

I’m feelin’ tragic like I’m Marlon Brando/When I look at my China Girl/I could pretend that nothing really meant too much/When I look at my China Girl

I stumble into town just like a sacred cow/Visions of swastikas in my head/Plans for everyone

It’s in the white of my eyes

My little China Girl/You shouldn’t mess with me/I’ll ruin everything you are/I’ll give you television/I’ll give you eyes of blue/I’ll give you a man who wants to rule the world

And when I get excited/My little China Girl says/Oh baby just you shut your mouth/She says… shh/She says… shh/She says/She says

Oh oh oh ohoo little china girl/Oh oh oh ohoo little china girl/Oh oh oh ohoo little china girl/Oh oh oh ohoo little china girl/Oh oh oh ohoo little china girl


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