One rule in business is to follow the money; in aircraft systems, it is to follow the programs. Since the Chinese industry is proposing many new programs-probably more than is generally appreciated in the West-advanced aircraft systems companies are setting up there for the long haul.The rush to establish joint ventures in China is not just a response to the Comae C919 program, though that project for a 158-seat narrowbody airliner has been the undoubted catalyst. And it is not just about China's famously cheap capital and talent.
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