Originally Posted by EWRflyr

This plane was literally built through corporate espionage and the theft of intellectual property from both Boeing and Airbus. Yes, there are many components of the aircraft that are supplied by US and other foreign-based companies through standard legal purchase agreements. However, the US recently sentenced someone to 20 years in prison for attempting to supply China with information on GE engines. Right now China is working on its own version of these same foreign-supplied components to include the engines. Once they can copy these, China will slowly move away from using foreign suppliers for their own cheaper components. Then the jet can be marketed to developing countries and aviation sectors as a less expensive option than Airbus and Boeing…undercutting them both…and again making more of the world dependent on China.