NASA congratulated China on its successful launching of astronauts to its own space station, Weibo users gave a collective snort
On June 17, China launched three astronauts into space aboard its Shenzhou-12 spacecraft on top of a Long March-2F carrier rocket from China’s Gobi Desert at 9:22 am. Six hours later, Shenzhou docked with Tianhe, China’s own space station still under construction. At 6:48 pm, the astronauts floated into the core module of the station, their “home” for the next three months.
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson posted a short statement: “Congratulations to China on the successful launch of crew to their space station! I look forward to the scientific discoveries to come.”
Most Weibo users, with great pride, were busy following #Shenzhou-12 launch complete success#, with over 1.5 billon views and 9 million comments. Only a fraction of them noticed the NASA message and a handful bothered to comment, and they were not impressed.
#NASA congratulates successful launch of Shenzhou 12#
I am everyone’s cousin: Ha ha. Hypocritical. Get out!
Ahui hans: No need. Thanks!
I am UltraMan of Nebula M78: A weasel is offering New Year’s greetings to a chicken.
Rodney the cutest: U.S. NASA, European Space Agency, and Russian Roscosmos all recognize our achievement. Taiwan, however, feels sour.
Loyalty heart reflected in mountains and rivers: When we were not as good as the U.S., they said: Ban cooperation with China! When we are catching up with the U.S., they say: Congratulations! When we surpass the U.S., they say: Hope we can have technical cooperation with China!
LNR1974: Wolf Amendment of 2011.
Little artist A of Shenzhen: The tone seems to be looking down on people… You long ago banned us from entering the International Space Station. Now that we have moved into our own space station, you Americans are sending congratulations, and adding in the end, “I look forward to the scientific discoveries to come.” When was your turn to expect us…? Even if we have scientific discoveries, did you mean we need to report to you Americans??? … Weird…
With spring breeze: NASA banned any form of cooperation with China. At an international space conference in the U.S., American government barred the Chinese delegation from participating by refusing to issue them visas. We have always been against pollicization of science. Science has no border. No pollicization of everything.
Don’t eat milky candies: Sour! What you can’t do, we China did it!
Ripe wheat: This is embarrassing.
Little green box: NASA not allowing China to join the International Space Station was racial discrimination, as the Chinese are the largest group of people with yellow skin. We should sue them for systemic racial discrimination. Exploring the universe and seeking the world’s unknown is the free right of humans, with nothing to do with politics. NASA violated the human rights of 1.4 billion Chinese.
Student Han Zhaokun: On technology, they have never ceased to blockade and suppress China.
There was a mountain with a green onion on top: Hypocritical. No need to pay attention to it.
Look wanwan: Congratulations out of necessity.
Dadawu QAQ: NASA’s thinking must be: Congress, hurry up and give money.
Monkey year Horse month 8868: Thank you for your blockade. China now is strong and self-reliant.