Why China’s Shenzhou is Better Than Russia’s Soyuz

China’s Shenzhou spacecraft is heavily inspired from Soyuz, and there are likely systems copied directly from Soyuz. However, with the benefits of 21st century development it’s not wedded to many of the limitations imposed by the Soyuz heritage. Which oddly enough means that between the last flight of Shuttle and the first Crewed flight of Dragon it was the best operational human rated spacecraft…. I never thought about that until I wrote this description. Credit to : Scott Manley