Skip to main content  After Shenzhou-9, China's new age of
discovery ... and self-discovery  By Kristie Lu Stout, CNN June
29, 2012 -- Updated 1107 GMT (1907 HKT)   • Shenzhou-9 returns
to Earth after successfully docking with the Tiangong 1 space
lab   • The mission also involved China's first female astronaut
to be sent into space   • In recent days a Chinese manned
submersible also set a diving record in the Pacific Ocean   •
Explorer Wong How Man: Missions are awakening a real hunger for
adventure in China   Hong Kong (CNN) -- With the Shenzhou-9
touching down in China Friday, expect the inevitable wave of
propaganda touting its "model" citizens and scientific might.
And what a mighty week it has been. China has witnessed the
return of a manned spacecraft that successfully docked with the
Tiangong 1 space lab -- a first for the nation.  China is also
still on a high after the deep-sea diving record set on Sunday
by a Chinese manned submersible in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana
Trench.  China hails sea and s