Sean O' Keefe issued this statement last October:

"This launch is an important achievement in the history of human exploration. China, after Russia and the United States, is only the third nation to successfully launch humans into space.

"The Chinese people have a long and distinguished history of exploration. NASA wishes China a continued safe human space flight program."

President Bush congratulated President Hu in person on the space launch.

Maybe this isn't official enough for everyone, but there it is.

I would like to see an official government statement on the cooperation issue, not something third hand. Anybody have a link to some policy statement on this?