[Brett66]

An excerpt from an article from Spacedaily:

Huang Chunping, Chief Commander of the Changzheng-2F (CZ-2F) launcher program at the Chinese Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), said that a successful SZ-4 mission later this year would pave the way for China to launch its yuhangyuans ("astronauts") after that.

This places the earliest opportunity for the historic first manned mission on SZ-5.

CZ-2F is the human-rated and improved version of the CZ-2E launcher, and is designed specifically for the manned space project.

Huang also told the Hong Kong-based pro-Beijing newspaper Ta Kung Pao that China would be capable of mounting a manned lunar mission within three to four years.

Rest of article here:

China Hopes Manned Spaceflight Will Open Road To Moon

[RightWhale]

Futron/Zogby poll says 7% of those with the scratch would take a two-week flight to the ISS for $20 million. If the price is $5 million, 16% would go. 61% would rather train in the US than have to go to Russia. Annual incomes over $250,000 were polled. There's a lot of customers.