Because the landings were real, the behaviour of the Chinese is very rational - if they really want to go to the Moon - manned.

I heard, David Harland's "Exploring the Moon" was licensed to a chinese publisher and is to be published in Chinese.

Hell, everyone who would go to the Moon today would dig out all the old reports - and would read the ALSJ in every detail. That's one of the reasons Eric made the ALSJ, to preserve the experiences of the astronauts for the future.

Harald