The roar of the rockets, the flash of the sparks, the deafening sound, these are all things that the Chinese are now used to, since the creation of their space program. As romantic as this launch sounds, there are many ... is not the only country to send satellites into space, Japan has already launched a moon probe named Hiten. China has inspired another country to use science as an excuse to test its missiles. India is the latest entry into a new space race to the moon. Both countries, China and India, plan to send robotic lunar rovers to land on the moon ... business (Oberg "Moon Race" ...

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... Pu Yi - former emperor of China - becomes puppet emperor of Manchuria. 1937 July - "The China Incident" -- a skirmish between Japan and Chinese troops at the Marco Polo Bridge (Luguoqiao), near Peking, sparks off a full-scale invasion of China. Nanking Massacre August - Japanese bombers make the first trans-oceanic raids in history - from Taiwan and Kyushu to Nanking and Shanghai. Nov.- Imperial General ... weapons were tested on people tied to stakes. Fetuses were cut from pregnant women and preserved in jars. The Japanese government also sponsored bombings of bubonic plague on village...

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