BEIJING: Two events over the next few days will shape China's image for some years to come the nation hopes to put a man in space for the first time and its Communist leaders are holding a key meeting to further reform the economy.
With the countdown clock ticking towards a launch window between Wednesday and Friday for the country's first manned spacecraft, the extraterrestrial and terrestrial events were jockeying for headline billing in newspapers.
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