China boy, 11, writes 600 lines of code to build rocket after mastering physics, chemistry

Impressed Internet users marvel at achievements of China prodigy who shoots for stars, dubbing him ‘rocket boy’. — SCMP

An 11-year-old boy who taught himself programming, physics, and chemistry, then wrote 600 lines of code to build a rocket, has become an online sensation in China.

Yan Hongsen, who has become known as “rocket boy”, is a Primary Five student from Zhejiang province in eastern China.