Well, I hope all the aircraft engine makers from around the world who helped China develop its own aircraft industry, will be pleased to see that they now have competition from a new Chinese engine. China has many new industry firsts this year, and this new engine to be developed by Aero is only one. In a Wall Street Journal article today it was described this way, "Aero Engine Corp. of China, or AECC, as a “strategic move” that would accelerate the development of indigenously made jet engines and thereby boost national prestige and military power." (http://www.wsj.com/articles/china-establishes-new-state-owned-aircraft-engine-maker-1472397621)
The commercial businesses that help China develop the ability to build their own airplanes noticed how difficult it was to convert engineers who were used to building aircraft for the military to make commercial airplanes. None the less, they did make them and converted a good bit of that technology back into their old jobs making military planes. The same thing will now happen with engines. Businesses like GM who will start selling Chinese made cars in the U.S this year, will no doubt notice if these cars sell well enough to hurt their domestic sales. It may seem like a great idea to help the Chinese until you try to find a US computer, circuit board, memory, hard disk, router or cable. Once it starts, it is too late to think about it.
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