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We welcome Rick Fisher of the International Assessment and Strategy Center

to help us understand a recent announcement that was previewed in the Voice of America.

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China,

Comac, I'm told to say, has received over 1,000 orders for a new commercial

aircraft that showed off at the Singapore Air Show.

Rick, a very good evening to you.

The C-19 Single Isle Jet.

They've been building it for years. Is it ready for prime time? Good evening to you.

Good evening, John. Good evening, Gordon. Absolutely not. It is not ready for prime time.

The China... is not ready for prime time. The Chinese jest were able to display early production examples

at the Singapore Air Show last week after almost 20 years of development and effort.

The Chinese have not yet perfected the

an indigenous engine for this airliner

and they are after 20 years of development basically competing with Boeing and Airbus airliners that already have 40 to 50 years of development behind

them and massive global market shares.

And even with the Airbus, the Airbus is basically assembled in China, as is the

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