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China jails top rocket designer for life for corruption
 Beijing - China has sentenced a top rocket designer to life in prison after convicting him of corruption and embezzling 160 million yuan (19.9 million dollars) from public funds, state media said on Wednesday. Li Jianzhong, who worked on Long March carrier rockets for China's Shenzhou manned space programme, was sentenced on Tuesday by a court in Beijing, the Beijing News said. Li is the former head of the Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, which developed the rockets for the Shenzhou and satellite programmes. The court also sentenced Zhang Lingying, the former chief finance officer at the academy...  ...But the loss of funds had not affected the quality of carrier rockets developed by the academy, the reports said. Can anyone here speculate about the accuracy of the allegations or the charges here? I haven't been following the Chinese Space Program much lately. Posted by: Phil 2006-03-08 |
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