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September 29, 2014

Galactic getaway
Beijing (XNA) Sep 29, 2014
The sky's no longer the limit for Chinese tourists. Space is the final frontier for the country's wealthy travelers. Most have already traveled to the ends of the Earth - many, like Beijing banker Tong Jingjing, have visited the poles - and some seek to journey even farther. About 10 percent, or 32, of the people who've signed up for private space flights offered by the US company XCOR Aerospace are Chinese. "There is new wealth being generated in China with much of it being young wealth, (p ... read more

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