China Doesn't Give a Flying Hunk of Space Debris about its Citizens

Actually, this is not really news, because really, what are a few rural villagers to the Chinese Government? It is a country founded on the principles of advancing the group while screwing over individuals if necessary. In other words, Communism.

But still, I find it kind of funny that when they launched a lunar probe recently, they did not even bother firing it at a trajectory where the debris of the boosters etc would land in the ocean. Instead, they let it fall on their own country, narrowly missing some rather shocked farmers.

"It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed." - Lenin