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China instructor astronaut group, 1996

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Requirement: two trainees to receive intense cosmonaut training in Russia and become instructors for China's astronaut training for the Shenzhou program.

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  • Li Qinglong Chinese pilot taikonaut, 1996-on.Trained together with Wu Jie in Russia in for one year beginning in November 1996. They formed the basis of the Chinese astronaut cadre for the Shenzhou program.
  • Wu Jie Chinese pilot taikonaut 1996-on.
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