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The Chinese don't have a hard deadline, do they? If not then Long March 9 would be a better alternative. I suppose they can also try a Lunar docking, but that's pretty complex, especially if both crafts are launched with some time. Orbital insertion into lunar SOI has to be very very accurate...

Where exactly will these two ships meet up? The Apollo system of sending both ships at once was relatively reliable because they would undock in lunar orbit, land, and then also meet back up at that specfic orbital inclination defined by the descent and landing.