Week 2: China

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE48R2XX20080928

For over 40 years, the US and the USSR have been the only two nations in space on their own. With the cold war over, the US and Russia started to work together, to build the ISS. Now with the US retiring its space shuttle, the only country that had the capabilities was Russia. There could be possibilities to give our ties to China, maybe in exchange for Tibet's freedom, or one of the myriad of problems the US and China have with each other. We are already losing it, why not get something out of the deal?

The article does not mention any of this, this is all my own opinion, but the article does talk about how China is the third country to do a space walk. I am pretty sure the ESA has made it, and will add an article of proof if i find one.