Does anybody know how these are reported in chinese media? NASA makes a huge effort to publish their stuff in the western world and you don't hear much about china. Is it the opposite from inside China?
I can understand they were concerned about the risk of a problem, landing anything on Mars is hard. ESA has failed twice now, and historically about half of all missions to Mars have crapped out. It's a genuinely impressive achievement, for all the sour grapes about stealing US tech, actually implementing this stuff and following through like this is no cakewalk.
I suspect this will be pointed to as the moment China pulled ahead of Russia in space technology. Yes Russia has more achievements under it's belt, but most of that was over a generation ago. In terms of current capabilities I think this is really significant.
* January 2021: https://youtu.be/HaZOfZYOLgU
* February 2021: https://youtu.be/rBhVaihkDvc
Things might turn around for the next decade when more young people who are motivated by these missions get into the fields (both R&D and media). But again I won't expect a lot of English reports. There will be some in the English channels such as CGTV.
Out of interest what is 3rd grade level Chinese reading? I'm curious to know what kind of grading is that?
When I came to the US at 4.5 years old, my mom brought with us some textbooks, enough for kindergarten through 3rd grade. I'm mostly self taught with help from my mom.
I more or less speak like an adult, but if I'm asked to read anything more complex (e.g., bank documents, geopolitics news), I'm completely lost.
English site: http://www.cnsa.gov.cn/english/index.html
What does SoMe mean?
I agree. It's also impossible to Google, since that acronym is also a common word.