Charlie Soong was born as Han Jiaozhun (韓教準) in the western suburbs of Wenchang City, Hainan, China as the third son of Han Hongyi (韓鴻翼 Hán Hóngyì) sometime between 1863 and 1866.
Instead, the rockets will be transported by sea from Tianjin to a new launch facility at Wenchang on Hainan Island.
A 1499 entry in the Ming Shilu recorded that thirteen Chinese men from Wenchang including a young man named Wu Rui were captured by the Vietnamese after their ship was blown off course while traveling from Hainan to Guangdong's Qin subprefecture (Qinzhou), after which they ended up near the coast of Vietnam, during the Chenghua Emperor's rule (1447 - 1487) .
A subsequent article in November 2007 indicated that the actual launch site would be near Longlou, while a space-science theme park would be built near Dongjiao.
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Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSLC), located near Wenchang on the north-east coast of Hainan Island, is a former sub-orbital test center currently under upgrade.