Chinese `` taikonauts '' Zhai Zhigang and Yang Liwei talk to CNN . From out of this world moments to their place in Chinese history , these two pioneering spacemen tell CNN 's John Vause about their missions , how they had prepared for the worst should things go wrong and if China and other nations with the moon in their sights are creating a new international space race . first Chinese man in space and First Chinese to conduct a spacewalk , respectively . Talk about their historic moments to international space race .
Chinese `` taikonauts '' Zhai Zhigang and Yang Liwei talk to CNN . first Chinese man in space and First Chinese to conduct a spacewalk , respectively . Talk about their historic moments to international space race .