China's first manned space ship is scheduled to arrive back on earth soon. It is expected to land in Inner Mongolia.

The Shenzhou 5 was launched into space yesterday morning. Taikonaut Yang Liwei, 38, was to circle the earth 14 times in about 21 hours before returning to Earth.

The former fighter pilot has told China's mission control he was fine and the mission was going as planned.

(CRI October 16, 2003)