http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47995434/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.T-1GzBdDx8E
“Three Chinese astronauts have returned to Earth after spending 13 days on a historic space mission that made their country only the third nation ever to dock a manned spacecraft to another craft in orbit.”
I think that is fantastic. No pressure to beat the Russians, or the Americans, simply national will driving them to a truly real accomplishment.
As of right now, China and the Russians are the only people able to put folks into LEO and bring them back.