China is a fledgling space power???

Hmmm…

I wonder if all nations on earth see it in this light???

I mean how fledgling could it be if and when she manages
to grab the bronze medal in this field considering how it is that
she is still but only a member of the developing country???

China launches scientific micro-satellite
http://www.spacedaily.com/2004/040418172420.2lr6jq3t.html
BEIJING (AFP) Apr 18, 2004
Fledgling space power China Sunday launched
the first of two new scientific micro-satellites from a space center
in the southwest of the country, state media said.

The strange ways of the west or of westerners!!! 🙂