Beijing: Likening India's Mars probe to putting ‘a golf ball from Tokyo in a hole in Paris', Chinese experts have termed Mangalyaan's launch as “a great achievement” which if successful could make India the first Asian country to achieve this fete.
Indian launch should be interpreted rationally as “a great achievement” of India that also deserves applause from the rest of the world, Ye Hailin, an expert on South Asian studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said.
“Like the Chinese, Indian people have their space dreams as well. The Mars orbiter, if successful, will increase the human race's store of knowledge and change our life,” Ye told state-run China Daily.
Official dailies here front-paged the successful launch of the India's Mars mission, focussing on India taking the lead in Mars exploration over China.
