Real quick, folks. Let's suppose that the project director, a local party hack named Wu Fu Ass Clown, has serious debts to a local Triad loan shark. The Triads own the workers at the launch prep site (let's also suppose that, too). Wu Fu is three months in arrears on his protection money to the local Triad heavy, Wo Fat the Quinine Dealer (formerly Jim McGarrett's nemesis on Hawaii Five-O). 
Wo Fat doesn't take kindly to this getting taken, so he tells his boys at the launch site to drain the fuel from the re-entry rockets. Which they do. Anyhoo, come reeentry time, the Chinese "Taikonauts" get marooned up there when their reentry thrusters are found empty. Confusion ensues. Question: do we have ANY capability right now to roll out a shuttle to go up there and save their butts?
Be Seeing You,
Chris