Bloody sad.

stryder100

I may be alone in this, but I'm quite happy for them. I'll be looking for the video of their moon landing.

ninjagin

Mr Burns: "Ah, General Tso, you were a bloodthirsty foe, but your chicken is delectable!"

jrbd90

Ground Control to Major Wong. Put your spacesuit and child carrying strap on..

Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude

You know, in 2061, the Chinese were the first to reach Jupiter... now with that new drive they are working on, is part of Mr. Clark's vision of the future going to happen?

Polybius

And these are the same people we're supposed to believe have invented a revolutionary new type of spacecraft thruster on nothing more than their word that they have? Listen, Giz, I've got some great oceanfront property in Colorado to sell you...

icelight

Any press organization would have some stuff pre-written for an event like this. Problem is that someone pasted the wrong link. That's it. People...

munford

Ground Control to Chairman Mao?

OMG! Ponies!

Ground Control to General Tso?

OMG! Ponies!

Joke of the day sponsored by Chinese government.

Aleung

"ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE LARGE STEP FOR...uhh.. line please?"

frigg

This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

hehe had to say it.

Oden

Boo China! I'm sure nobody else does this.

Killjoy

They must have gotten some tips from Japan when it comes to inventing/revising history..

Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude

Which story is funnier, this or Steve Job's obituary on Bloomberg?

munford

And the whole thing was CGI...

Kaveh

I assume the Chinese government continues this kind of crap because they only really care about the Chinese people's image of the nation and, by extension, the government. They don't care if they look foolish to the West because the criticisms will mostly never reach their censored population.

I think we can look forward to more hilarity, although when you think about it a bit, it's very, very sad. It sure sucks to be a Chinese commoner these days. Every government lies to its people, but with the censorship, the Chinese are likely to continue having warped, erroneous world views. It's also very scary; what happens when the Chinese government wants to rile the populous up for war? Who in that country will even attempt to put the brakes on that?

adocious

@swoyekr: Isn't it obvious?

thefutureisnow

WOW THAT IS EXTREMELY PATHETIC!
MAKING UP ASTRONAUTS' DIALOGS?!
WE ALWAYS KNEW CHINA WAS NUTS, BUT THIS NUTS?
ARE THEY ALL SCHIZO'S?

Pwnage

@Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another du...: awesome.

badhatharry

It's staged like the '08 Olympics.

danjuan

I think the truth is actually more terrifying than we thought:

China has discovered a way to travel forward in time, watched the launch, and traveled back to us to report about it.

Now, with the untold billions of dollars they will win playing the lottery, we truly are screwed. I, for one, welcome our new Chinese Overlords.

badhatharry

@Mooby: Hey that's not funny. Tang is the navigator.

Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude

china sucks at life.

swoyekr

@Wireless Joe: Their birth certificates say they are 16, no really, look at their Chinese government issued Birth Certificate, I swear they are 16, how could the Chinese government forge an official chinese issued birth certificate..... NO MORE QUESTIONS CASE CLOSED!

Lokiprimary

Chinese officials are a bunch of tools. How many times are they gonna make themselves look stupid while attempting to not look stupid!

ferrdidly

I hope that their Tang is melamine-free.

Mooby

Come in Major Wong, are you receiving?

Xavoc

In communist China, press release writes you?

Sonikku

My understanding is that the entire mission is crewed by 16 year-old gymnasts.

Wireless Joe

@munford: I understand that some press pre-write stuff, but the dialogue?

ripfire

Isn't this like pre-written celebrity obituaries that occasionally get accidentally posted?

Yeah, it could be propaganda, or it could just be that someone foolishly hit the publish button on a story that for the most part, probably goes down just like they described it (sans pre-written dialogue).

robo

@adocious: This is irony yes? What the the US....never mind.

Elcheecho

I think I saw a Tardis on the launch pad....

zanella

Wow, so much hate here, is disapponting...

One would think you guys would be more interested in helping your crumbling economy today, but no, you are still hating the success of others on the other side of the world.

Enjoy poverty.

VakeroRokero

Pfft. As if they're the first to break their NDA a little too early. Hmmm... What?

ripfire

China is rediculous, bootleg toys and foods that kill people, bootleg olympics, and now bootleg space mission.

jgeezy

Thats some badhatharry.

Lucifer_Cat

It's like they want to be made fun of.

SgtToastie

I can't help but to think what would have happened if they released this and the rocket had exploded on take off....

Mr.SithNinja

@Xavoc: This is Major Wong to ground con-trol, I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today, well 6 hours from noooow

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

@VakeroRokero: You should know better than to believe everything you read or hear. hehe. The world loves to dish on the US. If it is even a little problem then they will make it out to be the worst thing ever. Don't hate on the US just because you hear things about it. That is like deciding to hate someone because you heard they were bad. The US is clean, the gas is cheaper than most other places in the world, the government obviously has money and there are plenty of jobs if people want them. The only people I ever hear complain are people that feel sorry for themselves and don't want to do anything about it.

Oden

@Gibberish: I'm happy where I live. I don't have a nationalistic pride or an "American Dream" for my country big enough to put down what other people are doing.

VakeroRokero

@ninjagin: It's already on their website.

Toshie

@GadgetPlay: exactly. Drive through some of our 'ghettos' and count the satellite dishes.

kahri

@GadgetPlay: I'm glad for that. In that case, news networks around the world are lying. I was thinking there was some kind of economic problem over there! here they tell us, the dollar is cheap, the house cost -20% what they used to, gas was expensive, no money for disasters, stock market is crashing every other day and people are losing their jobs...

They sure had me, naughty press!

VakeroRokero

@Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another du...: BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Priceless!!! I think I peed a little....

Mr.SithNinja

@VakeroRokero: LOL. Why don't you go live there? And what are you doing to help the economy? You know,... our government needs 700 billion dollars. I'm sure they will take your check or money order.

Gibberish

@LastGunslinger: I believe the richest per capita nation is Monaco. I don't know that for a fact though, I just know that when I was there I saw so many Bentleys and Ferraris that I got bored of them.

Digo

@miburo:
"The Shanghai benchmark had fallen nearly 70 percent since hitting a peak of 6,124.04 in mid-October of last year."

Yep you guys are ones to talk about poverty. You probably haven't talked to most of your population that isn't located in the major cities too

miburo

@VakeroRokero: Have you been here before?
And BTW China's 'success' is in their government. I'm sure there's plenty of Chinese citizens who would beg to differ with you classification as 'successful'.

kahri

- Ground control, this is Captain Cheng,
- Please notify engineers, that rice and chopsticks was NOT a good idea!....

aec007

@VakeroRokero: @VakeroRokero:

Have you not seen your stock market lately? Ignorance must be a blessing when you are fed lies everyday.

miburo

@ret3: chinese lies aren't meant for you.

You got your own american lies to worry about. and it's not like the chinese are going to the american landing site today, they are going next year and see the moon rover that is still there.

VakeroRokero

@Sonikku: haha tis good

etaripamai

@GadgetPlay: No kidding. I see people who lives in Section 8 and receives SSI, yet drives around in a Mercedez, owns fancy furnitures, and big screen TVs.

ripfire

They're like that kid in high school , socially awkward but bright, looking to brag on a real achievement, but coming off like a total jerkwad.

ret3

@VakeroRokero: Poverty? We're the wealthiest nation on Earth and one of the richest per capita. No one starves here and many people considered poor here still enjoy luxury items like cars, televisions, and computers. As part of a global economy, if the US goes into recession, whatever nation you're from isn't going to fare too well either. Also, no one is "hating the success" of China's space program. We hate their state-run media spreading lies and propaganda.

Enjoy ignorance.

LastGunslinger

@Xavoc: (in silky smooth singing voice) 'Ground Control to Major Wong'

Nice... :-)

Mr.SithNinja

@VakeroRokero:

Wow, so much hate here, is disapponting...

One would think you guys would be more interested in helping your crumbling economy today, but no, you are still hating the politicized lies of others on the other side of the world.

Enjoy your (relatively) free press and open government.

/fixed that for ya

ret3

VakeraRokera: "Enjoy poverty."

Many Americans already do. Our poor people are rich by most standards. Sorry.

GadgetPlay

@VakeroRokero: It's not that we are hating and it's not about their success. We landed on the moon like 40 years ago. We have nothing to prove. We are all laughing at the Chinese because they have the nerve to release a press release with specifics hours before they have done anything. I'm sorry if this sounds bad but that is just stupid.

Oden

@VakeroRokero:
No one's hating on their success, we're hating on their reporting of success when they haven't yet succeeded.

sugardeath

What happened China? You used to be cool.

dead_red_eyes

@Toshie: ZINGGG!

Mooby

@VakeroRokero: How can you be happy? Didn't you read your comment?

kahri

@VakeroRokero: Chill. We are all just laughing this off. Try not to sound all uppity.

Gibberish

@munford: That was pretty much my point.

Killjoy

@Lokiprimary: sometimes i get sad when I can't give comments on giz a "thumbs up"

but here's one for you

jakebathman

@VakeroRokero: no offense, but that just makes you sound spoiled.

"the dollar is cheap"
Yeah, cheap compared to what it was before. Not cheap compared to the rest of the world's economy.

"the house cost -20% what they used to". You just answered that one yourself.

"gas was expensive". Do your research. even though gas prices are high, they still pale in comparison to what the rest of the world pays.

"no money for disasters". I just don't get that one.

"stock market is crashing every other day and people are losing their jobs..." And before the market never crashed and nobody lost jobs? Our unemployment rate is at around 6% (btw, 5% is the ideal)

Tell your grandparents about how bad you have it, they'll probably laugh in your face.
And how are you able to afford you internet connection? You must be rich.

kahri

Geez, China. Please, just stop. PLEASE stop it. Let the ugly 6 year old sing, get 14 year old gymnasts, and please, for the love of God, give me a pork bun not made out of cardboard!

Robotube

@Pwnage: nope, just you
K!!

Duc

Leave it to the Chinese government to bullshit their progress...I had a high school principal that was just as big of a liar. They still haven't fired her.

xacked

@Mr.SithNinja: Well I hope you were wearing your Lisa Marie Nowak brand astronaut diapers at the time...

Jrsy is the dude, playing the dude, disguised as another dude

When they going to Shitty Wok on the moon?

MarkB

@VakeroRokero: Not meant for me? Since it was in a press release, I figured it was meant for the news-consuming public (e.g., me). As for American lies, we have plenty, but we don't get sent to reeducation camps for unmasking them.

ret3

@icelight:

No actually, since they never claimed to have got their new thruster working int he first place.

Kyang

@dead_red_eyes:

And the keyword is...

Kyang

@Robotube:

The gymnasts are supposed to be 16, not 14.

Kyang

@VakeroRokero: You know, it's not like we don't make fun of ourselves when our own government does something stupid. We do it all the time--on the web, on national TV, on national radio, in periodicals, etc. So EXCUUUUUSE US if we have a little schadenfreude when we hear of someone else's government screwing up as well. You need to lighten up.

Mooby

@shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog: The three of you are responsible for me spraying water out of my nose onto my keybard. Very funny, well done.

McLucky

@Pwnage: Do you mean Shizno?

tek_nic

The problem with Chinese space launches is that 45 minutes later, you're hungry for more rockets again....

Thank you! Try the veal!

A Pimp Named DaveR

None of this was made up, they were simply echos from the future. China has been careless and has now confirmed they have a time machine.

twilight-arc

@Pwnage: The New York Times does that all the time. See Jayson Blair.

Hat Trick

@GadgetPlay: Your comment is just as ignorant. The reality is that your poor people and your middle class have been pretending to be rich and now many of them are finding themselves unable to sustain both their debts and their homes. The money simply isn't there.

I'm not trying to be rude or disrespectful to your nation. The situation is similar in Canada, where I live. North Americans have been living with a sense of entitlement. There's a misplaced belief here that a nice house, nice car, big-screen TV and all the other trappings are an inalienable right.

robjennings

Yay China. Time travel.

BooshModo

@VakeroRokero:
VakeroRokero: edit your post, poverty of culture.

wolf-zhang

As a chinese, i am much more enjoyable to watch the funny shows in the "free" market of U.S these days.

wolf-zhang

Makes me glad to live in the good old US of A, where officials are always upfront and truthful to us citizens. If I had to live in a country plagued by cover-ups, lies and corruption I don't know what I would do.

By the way, I heard Venezuela has weapons of mass destruction. We need to go there for the sake of democracy? Hoorah!

misterwho

A fake Olympics. A fake space mission. Why not?

-KENT

kentsmithnz

Hey guys, remember that time when the US launched a video that they actually went to the moon and many people believed it was staged? Oh whoops, I think we all forgot about that one. News article that was actually written vs. a video that people "assume" to be true.

Mr_LaZy

You did not get it. Chinese just invented time travel.
I wonder if they write their financial reports same way.

azhelkov

@OMG! Ponies!:

LMFAO. thanks for that

Andwu

@McLucky: I actually like that song, but I'll never listen to it the same.

shamoononon has a hebetudinous dog

@adocious: Actually Chinese folks are quite aware of such things, thank you very much. For example, the age of the Olympic gymnast was being debated on Chinese forums before English ones caught on. The Baidu cache of government documents that showed her real age was discovered by Chinese bloggers long before Digg got its hands on it.

I suggest you stop making over-generalized statements about people whom you are clearly unfamiliar with.

DarkMirage

We need to keep an eye on this guy, he's like the real life version of "Early Edition" whatever he writes seems to come true... well, almost.

Barfolemew

Im surprised Google and Yahoo didn't filter this article. Oh wait they only do that in China.

danjuan

I wonder if they have a " Made in China" sticker on the rocket.

danjuan

@Barfolemew: Just thought of this one too... Has he written any articles on who's going to win the election?

Barfolemew

@Hat Trick: No the NYT does NOT do this all the time. What you are poorly referring to is a release draft. And release drafts do not contain dialogue that never existed.

N@tedog

@adocious: I also disagree, when you're that heavily polluted with propaganda you know it and you learn to filter it (I was raised in Communist Russia) before moving to the States.) Americans, on the other hand, voted for Bush twice and are about to vote for McCain, all because of fear tactic propaganda about every other nation in this world. I'd much rather have propaganda about a space ship launching than have the media force feed me lies about Muslims who are going to kill our babies.

catfewd

I guess beating us at the Olympics by winning fifteen gold medals in badmitton and table tennis just wasn't enough. Now they have to beat us to space and to the moon! Uh, wait a minute...

HulkSmashNow

RoboJennings: "@GadgetPlay: Your comment is just as ignorant."

My comment was absolutely informed and correct. True poverty, as is found in much of the rest of the world, is virtually unknown in the US (and apparently Canadia as well).

LastGunslinger: "We hate their state-run media spreading lies and propaganda."

Well spoke!

GadgetPlay

@HulkSmashNow:
Sore loser. LOL

munford

I've been keeping close tabs on the U.S. Stock exchange, as well and the other world trade markets. They are all suffering. The united states plays a major role in every world economy and the downturn is effecting everyone from china to europe. Even now China is closing down production and exports are trailing off. Thailand isn't faring much better, both being major industrial exporters. None of this removes the fact that The U.S. is still the biggest major economic player in the free world, trailed closely by Japan. That's still debatable I suppose. You're missing the thrust of the article though. Most governments lie, or distort the truth for some sort of gain. Either for themselves or the benefit of their people. It's just sad that China is so dramatically and consistantly terrible at it.

EdithKaboleoum