China Move May Spur Industry of Copters and Corporate Jets

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Jamil Anderlini, Chinese airspace move excites producers; low-flying decision expected to prompt a rush from aircraft buyers. Financial Times, Nov. 18, 2010.
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/45712b8a-f26f-11df-a2f3-00144feab49a.html

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"Lutz Bertling, the head of Eurocopter, the world’s largest civil helicopter maker, told Reuters he expects China will move from making civil helicopters in joint ventures and under licence to producing its own from scratch within the decade.

"Because of this [cumbersome redtape to obtain approval to take flight], there are less than 150 helicopters in the whole of China, according to aviation consultancy Frost & Sullivan, compared with tens of thousands in the US.

"The total number of 'general aviation' aircraft, including all non-military aircraft not operated by commercial airlines, in China was less than 900 by the end of 2008, according to Chinese state media reports, compared with 220,000 in the US.


---------------------Separately
(1) 珠海航展闭幕签约倍增至93亿美元. BBC Chinese, Nov. 21, 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2010/11/101121_china_aviation_show.shtml

(2) Reuben F. Johnson, Chengdu J-10 Next Variant Developing. Aviation Week, Nov. 19, 2010.
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_generic.jsp?topicName=zhuhai_2010&id=news/awx/2010/11/19/awx_11_19_2010_p0-271212.xml&headline=Chengdu%20J-10%20Next%20Variant%20Developing

My comment: Come on, Aviation Week can do better, rather than serves as a mouth piece of PLA. Russians have said more than once that WS-10 engine does not fly. Why not comment on that?

(2)
(a) 互不为敌 俄罗斯北约关系质变. VOA Chinese, Nov. 21, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101121_Russia_NATO_Relations-109652294.html
(b) 欧俄敦促美参院批准削减战略武器条约. VOA Chinese, Nov. 20, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101120-NATO-SUMMIT-RUSSIA-109571169.html

(3) 日本计划2014年驻军也那国岛监测中国. VOA Chinese, Nov. 21, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101121_Japan-109648389.html

My commenht: VOA errs again. 与那国島, not 也.

(4) In chronological order.
(a) 亚运跆拳道事件扩大 引发台韩中关系紧张. VOA Chinese, Nov. 21, 2010.
http://www.voanews.com/chinese/news/20101121_Incident-109649329.html
(b) Oscar Wu and Sofia Wu, Taekwondo union apologizes for inflammatory article. Central News Agency, Nov. 20, 2010.
http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx?Type=aIPL&ID=201011200016
(Asian Taekwondo Union "ATU officials stressed to him that the controversial Nov. 18 posting titled "Shocking Act of Deception by Chinese Taipei" had been removed from the union's official website.")


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