Portal:China/Did you know/18

...that the Yuanwang-class of ships (pictured) is used by the People's Republic of China for tracking and supporting their Shenzhou spacecraft?
...that the People's Republic of China is the world's second largest consumer market for luxury goods, next only to Japan?
...that Hao Peng has worked as a sent-down youth, a flight control system technician, vice chairman of Tibet, and governor of Qinghai?

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Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/October#28 October 2005, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2011/January#6 January 2011, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
Wikipedia:Recent additions/2013/May#16 May 2013, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.