Guys ... could You all calm down and esp. leave that irrational, stupid country-bashing mixed with political inclusions !?
Correct; as far as I know production of the J-10
A ended indeed and since 2013/14 only the J-10
B and since late 2015 only J-10
C are produced.
IMO this is not correct. So far all J-10-regiments are still using the AL-31FN and the only three aircraft flying with the WS-10 are the no. 1035 prototype and the last two batch 01 J-10Bs (1-54 & 1-55).
First of all thanks for Your kind words and even if You are fully correct, to admit - after cleaning that thread - I would like to keep it open, since the topic's theme is indeed quite interesting: Why are so far no J-10s exported ?? The fact that the original posted started this thread only to troll
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... is another issue.
As such ... the answer is surely much more difficult than the original poster's intention, since it covers political, technical and surely also industrial considerations: IMO it is a mix of all, since at first the PLAAF had such a huge demand that simply no aircraft were left to export. Additionally it is always difficult for a newbie to enter an already crowded export market regardless all merits a new product has; the French Rafale is a prime example for this.
As such many countries interested in a F-16-equivalent were surely at first resistant, since that type has to proof itself in service. Is the J-10 indeed worth it's price= and then there are political issues: to buy from China a high-end fighter is actually a novelty; so far Chinese fighters are more on the lower-end-market for countries that cannot afford or politically get access to Western systems ... and then there is the issue of production capacity: how many birds can CAC produce per month? How many of them needs the PLAAF and how many can be transferred to the export? Is - or better was - Russia a reason not to resell a direct competitor to its own MiG-29?
For example: this issue, why the PAF did not purchase is still a mystery for me and it seems as if there are more internal political and military rivalries between the PAF-leadership and the then president than any technical issues.
As such a surely interesting question and even more surely much more difficult to answer than the original poster's intention with his assumption "that type is a bad product or still has engine issues".
Just my two cents and also "ein schönes Wochendende für Dich auch",
Deino