was Yang Liwie the first chinese austronaut in space?

Question

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Answer 1

Yang Liwei is a Chinese military pilot and astronaut. He was the first man sent into space by the space program of China, and his mission, Shenzhou 5, made the Peoples Republic of China the third country to independently send people into space.

Answer 2

Yes, Yang Liwei was the first Chinese astronaut sent by China into space. But he wasn't the first Chinese to go into space. It was Taylor Wang who went into space in 1985 with NASA.

Answer 3

Yes. There's a nice wikipedia article about him; see the link below.