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Personal: Male. Born in China. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: China Group 1 - 1998. Active Entered space service: 19 November 1996. Chinese astronaut photographed training at the time of the Shenzhou 4 launch in January 2003. His face was blotted out in some photos released. Hong Kong newspapers identified him as the back-up pilot for the first manned flight of Shenzhou, planned for October 2003. Western observors believe he may be Li Qongling, one of two astronauts trained in Russia in 1996. Chinese press reports of January 2003 said that 'Chen Long' would be the first Chinese man in space. Some Western observors considered 'Chen Long' to be a corruption of 'Qongling'. Yuhangyuan 2? Chronology
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