▲ 45 ▼ Passenger jet billed as China’s answer to Boeing and Airbus prepares to make first international flight (www.theguardian.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by Ozuella@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] A_A@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) turbofan motors are from USA, some assembly in France, future parts could be from India ... : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFM_International_LEAP permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] keimevo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Yeah, the aeronautic industry is on China's current 5-year plan, but they're way way too early in this race. Pretty much the entire plane is made of parts from outside China. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 weeks ago They start somewhere. It would be remiss to think they'll stay entirely reliant on imports forever. They're already making headway on semiconductors. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 2 weeks ago isn't this the case with boeing and airbus as well? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] keimevo@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children) Yeah, the aeronautic industry is on China's current 5-year plan, but they're way way too early in this race. Pretty much the entire plane is made of parts from outside China. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 weeks ago They start somewhere. It would be remiss to think they'll stay entirely reliant on imports forever. They're already making headway on semiconductors. permalink fedilink source parent [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 2 weeks ago isn't this the case with boeing and airbus as well? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 weeks ago They start somewhere. It would be remiss to think they'll stay entirely reliant on imports forever. They're already making headway on semiconductors. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 point 2 weeks ago isn't this the case with boeing and airbus as well? permalink fedilink source parent