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Ready for takeoff : China's advancing aerospace industry / Roger Cliff, Chad J.R. Ohlandt, David Yang.

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"China's aerospace industry has advanced at an impressive rate over the past decade. While some of this progress can be attributed to rapidly growing governmental support for China's aerospace sector, China's aerospace capabilities have also benefited from the increasing particip...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Cliff, Roger
Corporate Authors: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division
Other Authors: Ohlandt, Chad J. R., Yang, David
Format: Government Document eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Rand National Security Research Division, ©2011.
Series:Rand Corporation monograph series.
Subjects:
Aerospace industries > China.
Aerospace industries > Government policy > China.
Aeronautics, Commercial > China.
Aeronautics, Commercial > Government policy > China.
Artificial satellites > China.
Artificial satellites > Government policy > China.
China > Foreign economic relations > United States.
United States > Foreign economic relations > China.
Aeronautics, Commercial.
Aeronautics, Commercial > Government policy.
Aerospace industries.
Aerospace industries > Government policy.
Artificial satellites.
Artificial satellites > Government policy.
International economic relations.
China.
United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Methodology
  • Structure of the report
  • Chapter 2. China's commercial aircraft market
  • Current conditions
  • Projections of China's future commercial passenger aircraft market
  • Factors other than GDP growth
  • Domestic versus international traffic
  • Chapter 3. China's current commercial aircraft production
  • Commercial passenger aircraft
  • Domestic designs
  • Foreign designs
  • Helicopters
  • Fixed-wing general aviation aircraft
  • Chapter 4. The role of foreign firms in the development of China's commercial aviation manufacturing industry
  • Chinese government policies toward foreign aviation manufacturing companies
  • Joint ventures and cooperative R & D activities
  • U.S. companies
  • Non-U.S. companies
  • Extent to which China-based production supplies U.S. aerospace firms
  • U.S. companies
  • Non-U.S. companies
  • Other sources of western aerospace technology
  • Chapter 5. China's space capabilities
  • Launch vehicles
  • Satellites
  • Communications catellites
  • Weather satellites
  • Civilian earth-observation satellites
  • Military imagery reconnaissance satellites
  • Position, navigation, and timing satellites
  • Other satellites
  • Assessment
  • Chapter 6. Conclusions
  • The rate at which China's aerospace sector has developed
  • Future developments
  • - Potential to contribute to China's military capabilities
  • Implications for U.S. security interests.
  • Ch. 1. Introduction
  • ch. 2. China's commercial aircraft market
  • ch. 3. China's current commercial aircraft production
  • ch. 4. The role of foreign firms in the development of China's commercial aviation manufacturing industry
  • ch. 5. China's space capabilities
  • ch. 6. Conclusions.

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