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Best news I've heard in a while.

China respects Pakistan's system and sovereignty, and vice versa. The U.S. gets cozy with Pakistan only when it needs to, and gives it the boot at all other times. China-Pakistan relations have never soured precisely because we do not interfere with each other's internal affairs and thus are...

These islands have long belonged to China. The ROC nor PRC has ever renounced sovereignty. These tiny newcomer nations have preposterous claims that threatens China's territorial integrity.

Japan can go cry more.

It's not that China has 95% of the world's reserves of rare earths, but we mine the vast majority of it. The U.S. has plenty of rare earths, let them mine their own damn resources.

I think China will withhold certain components if there is to be an export version. Though, like the J-10, Pakistan will probably receive a variant that will be better than what China offers to others.

Some Chinese members here need to calm down. The Su-35BM is a mighty fine bird. China should buy cause a) It's a top range and quality flanker that could help fill the stop gap till the J-XX sees the light of day. b) Possible engine tech transfer could be very attractive. c) We're...

There's still plenty of hardware that China wouldn't mind having. But like I said, this is a good trend for China. Quit relying on foreigners and let's get our **** together.

This is by no means a finalized plan. I'm sure it's still hotly debated within the CMC. Even if China were to open a base in Pakistan (with Pakistan's permission of course), it would probably only be more of a refueling station to support China's anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden...

15 years ago I would be jumping in joy. Right now, I don't really give a damn. China needs its own mature military-industrial complex, and these embargos have only sped up China's own domestic R&D. With planes like the J-10A/B, and new hardware such as the J-XX, 052D, Y-20, and WZ-10 on...

Wow, talk about a huge inferiority complex. Why do you even care how China manages its own economic model? Just focus on your own and quit being so insecure all the time.

Engines remain the biggest obstacle for us, but once that hurdle is crossed, a number of new options will open for both the PLAAF and PAF alike. (That will include the WZ-10)

I feel South America and Africa should also be better represented.

A Chinese fighter of nominally the same technology generation as the Lockheed Martin F-22 will soon enter flight testing, while a jet airlifter larger than the Airbus A400M should be unveiled by year-end. Beijing’s fighter announcement suggests a serious failing in U.S. intelligence...