by CKR
For the six of us following this story, the Chinese taikonauts have returned to earth.
I've chosen to highlight coverage from the People's Daily Online partly because it is coming directly from the source and partly because it displays some of that funky old-line propaganda quality that the Soviets perfected. I have to say, though, that People's Dailly Online is much less obtrusive about the propaganda. It's useful to keep it in mind so we can recognize, for example, the juxtaposition of poverty in China (of doubtful relevance to the story) with the taikonaut story.
BBC rounds up Chinese opinion.
I'm not being as wonky as I might with the story (Jeffrey, where are you?), largely because of lack of time.
So here's more from PDO:
China's Shenzhou-6 spacecraft returns to Earth after successful mission
Foreign press on Shenzhou-6's successful return
Key moments in Shenzhou-6 spaceflight
People's Daily editorial hails "complete success" of Shenzhou-6 space flight