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Old Aug 15, 2011 | 8:23 pm
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Originally Posted by jiejie
China would like to get into larger jet aircraft of its own, though production of Airbus 320 in China has already been done, from components sourced from various places. So I guess validity of the comment "they haven't delivered a single passenger jet" depends on how you want to interpret the situation.

"Final assembly" by a couple hundred Chinese managed by an equal amount
of Airbus foreign employees doesn't come close to "production" in China.

More like a token gesture to get more orders in the largest emerging
market.
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