Astronauts, known in Chinese as taikonauts, selected and flown by China's national crewed space program, from the first Shenzhou flights through the Tiangong space station. Belongs here: any astronaut whose selection and missions were flown under China's own national program. Does not belong here: an astronaut of another nationality flying a Chinese mission as a guest, or a Chinese national who flew outside the national program.
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1. Wikipedia: Yang Liwei
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In October 2003, Yang became the first person sent into space by the Chinese space program.
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