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They are based on the Russian launch and entry suits. They have been the same design since Soyuz 1 and have changed little in appearance. The suit have served the Soviets/Russians well over the span of 34 years. The Chinese spacecraft is a rough copy of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. It is said to be slightly larger and heavier the the Soyuz and have more solar panels, but esentially they are the same. The Chinese taikonauts, as they are called, actually trained at Star City. So naturaly the Chinese has had the benifit of Russian, and American technology. This doesn't sound like a publicity stunt to me. I wish them success in their endeavour and say welcome to the club. They may indeed use their program to have human eyes to see what is going on on terra firma (read: the United States), but we did it and the Russians did it.