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During the 1960's, the Shuguang spacecraft was conceived by the Chinese as a way for the PRC to get into the Space Race (and I believe they thought this would allow them to get into the moon race too somehow). The design for the Shuguang rocket was very similar to the American Gemini spacecraft. Astronauts were selected, facilities constructed, and so forth. However, due to lack of funding and political will (and political problems), the program was canceled.

But what if the program had gone ahead?

http://www.astronautix.com/craft/shuuang1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuguang_spacecraft
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