Liuyang seems to have garnered some attention, as she is China's first woman astronaut, i think she has attractive looks and is quite photogenic
at the NASA spaceflight forum someone even said US should consider to invite her over to the ISS as goodwill ambassador
That will never happen. Nasa has been forbidden from cooperating in any kind with china.
U.S. President Barack Obama (first row L) talks to China's President Hu Jintao as (2nd row 2nd L-R) Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and German Chancellor Angela Merkel talk to each other during the family photo session of the G20 Summit in Los Cabos June 18, 2012. G20 leaders kicked off two days of meetings in the Pacific resort of Los Cabos on Monday.
A cleaner rides his tricycle down a side-road as cars sit in a traffic jam along a main road in central Beijing June 19, 2012. Car sales in China rose 22.6 percent in May from a year earlier, extending the double-digit gain in the previous month as new models premiered at the Beijing autoshow started to hit the showrooms.
A stamp dealer holds up a set of commemorative stamps and envelopes marking the successful launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft that went on sale in Shanghai on June 19, 2012. The three Chinese astronauts on entered an orbiting module for the first time, in a move broadcast live on China's state television network and a key step towards the nation's first space station.
In a picture taken on June 18, 2012, a worker shows a pair of gold bars to mark the launching of China's Shenzhou-9 spacecraft at a gold shop in Beijing.
Promoters display Huawei's Ascend P1 (L) and D1 (R) smartphones at the CommunicAsia telecom expo and conference in Singapore on June 19, 2012. China's Huawei Technologies wants to muscle into the lucrative smartphone market but is expected to face an uphill task in challenging industry leaders Apple and Samsung.
A promoter displays a Huawei Mediapad 10 FHD, a high speed tablet with quad core and LTE at the CommunicAsia telecom expo and conference in Singapore on June 19, 2012. China's Huawei Technologies wants to muscle into the lucrative smartphone market but is expected to face an uphill task in challenging industry leaders Apple and Samsung.
A team of cheerleaders pose on the beach during the Sepak Takraw competition at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, northeast China's Shandong province on June 19, 2012. As London prepares to welcome the world's top athletes at the Olympics, a little-known Chinese seaside town is hosting the champions of some rather more obscure sports at the Asian Beach Games, with more than 2,000 athletes competing in sports such as beach sepaktakraw, a cross between volleyball and soccer, and beach kabaddi, a highly physical mix of tag and.
In a photo taken on May 27, 2012 singer Dizzy Hemmy of swing band the 'Chinese Hellcats' poses at the 2Kolegas live music venue in Beijing. After decades struggling with official censorship, China's contemporary music scene is finally taking off, fuelled by live shows, the Internet and a government eager to cash in on a growing market.
In a photo taken on May 26, 2012 a woman plays pool at the 2Kolegas live music venue in Beijing.
A photo taken on June 17, 2012 shows a general view of the popular bar area of Sanlitun in Beijing.
In a photo taken on June 17, 2012 revellers walk past a homeless family in the popular bar area of Sanlitun in Beijing.
In a photo taken on May 10, 2012 singer Qi Zihan of 'Mountain People' from China's Yunnan province prepare to record at the Mogo.com studio in Beijing.
In a photo taken on June 16, 2012 Chinese Olympic athletes pose at a Nike unveiling event in Beijing. Nike was unveiling new equipment for Chinese national teams ahead of the London 2012 Olympics.
A farmer takes his ducks for a walk!..all 5000 of them!
[video=youtube;Zs7OF5gxS7s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs7OF5gxS7s[/video]
That will never happen. Nasa has been forbidden from cooperating in any kind with china.
sports such as.........., beach kabaddi, a highly physical mix of tag and wrestling.
Check out the ink on this woman..
In a photo taken on May 26, 2012 a woman plays pool at the 2Kolegas live music venue in Beijing.
That's what one would call that person as a duck herder.
The poor kid didn't have any pants or shorts on.
Innee...minnee...minee...moe...which one of these cuties I should go.
What were the kid and his elder brother doing there? Are they beggars? Well.... If I say something bad about them, do you think that I'm too heartless, no compassion? But being a person living in underdeveloped country, these things are normal to me. Poor kid, he might also be a retarded child. But people surrounding him might not be. They use him as an instrument for begging money. Sometime, newborn babies are "rent" for begging money also. If you see a women carrying a baby begging on the street, do not think the baby is her child yet.
Newly graduated Chinese students gather for a convocation ceremony at the University of Science and Technology in Hefei in east China's Anhui province on June 20, 2012. A record 6.8 million Chinese students, most of them born in 1990, are graduating from Chinese colleges this summer, as increasing number of graduates find it tough to get the right job because there are not enough openings for graduates in the major cities.
NINGDE, CHINA - JUNE 20: Rescuers search for victims and survivors at a traffic accident site on June 20, 2012 in Ningde, China. A coach carrying 45 passengers plunged into a 50-meter deep valley early Wednesday in Xiapu county of Ningde city, East China's Fujian province, killing at least 17 people and injuring three others.
Firefighters rescue survivors where was found in the wreckage of a passenger bus that crashed into a valley in Xiafu, southern China's Fujian province on June 20, 2012. Seventeen people were killed and three others severely injured of the 45 passengers on the bus.
The new 37.5g, gold bullions, with a purity of 999.9, bottom, made by the Swiss company Finemetal, are displayed during a news conference announcing the coins sales launch into the Chinese market, in Hong Kong Wednesday, June 20, 2012. China is one of the world's biggest gold markets as it is a popular investment and hedge against inflation.
Police check a journalist's (L) credentials outside the home of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei who claimed he was barred from attending his court hearing against a multi-million-dollar tax fine in Beijing on June 20, 2012.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (C) is watched by journalists as he waits at his home after claiming he was barred from attending his court hearing against a multi-million-dollar tax fine in Beijing on June 20, 2012.
Participants from China, Russia, Australia and the U.S. wait in dragon boats before a race to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanwu Festival, in Fangchenggang, Guangxi province June 20, 2012. The festival, which falls on June 23 this year, commemorates the memory of Chinese patriotic poet Qu Yuan, who drowned himself in 277 BC to protest against the corrupt government of his time.
HUAIYANG, CHINA - JUNE 18: A general view of the scene at Dongtun Fireworks Factory after an explosion on June 18, 2012 in Huiyang County, China. According to local officials, seven were killed and 12 others wounded in the blast on Monday in Central China's Henan province.
This photo taken on June 19, 2012 shows Chinese students looking at a model of an 'alien' on display at a science fiction exhibition in Beijing.
Chinese cheerleaders watch a match during the beach handball competition at the 3rd Asian Beach Games in Haiyang, northeast China's Shandong province on June 20, 2012. Among the more mainstream sports at the seven-day tournament, held every two years, are sailing and beach volleyball, with top players due in Haiyang ahead of the Olympic showdown on London's Horseguards Parade this summer.
Citizens ride in storm in Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, June 20, 2012. Strong wind and rains battered the province on Wednesday with the approach of tropical storm Talim. (Xinhua)
Graduates from Civil Aviation University of China walk out of graduation ceremony hall in north China's Tianjin Municipality, June 20, 2012. A total of 370 students dressed in air hostess uniform of their future airlines graduated on that day. (Xinhua/Liu Dongyue)