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China makes astronaut杨利伟
'national hero'
Posted: 7:31 PM (Manila Time) | Oct. 16, 2003
Agence France-Presse

BEIJING - China hailed the success of its first manned space flight Thursday and immediately declared astronaut Yang Liwei a national hero, as tens of thousands of messages of pride and praise flooded Internet chatrooms.

"As a Chinese person, I am very proud of my country," said one of more than 40,000 messages, almost all congratulatory, posted on the Chinese portal Sina.com.

"Long live the motherland! Long live the Chinese nationality!"

Another nearly 40,000 messages bombarded rival portal Sohu.com's discussion forum just a few hours after Yang's capsule touched down at 6:23 a.m. (2223 GMT Wednesday) in the grasslands of Inner Mongolia.

"Welcome back our hero!!!" one Internet writer exclaimed.

After completing a 21-hour mission in which he o