Why Aviation Matters So Much to the Chinese Government

I've covered China for a long time and Gi Chow Chun in many ways is kind of the prototypical college kid for most of the story. He goes to a very prestigious university, the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and he studied aviation engineering. This is a very important topic for the Chinese government.Jet engines are one of the hardest to replicate technologies. These were developed primarily during World War II and for many decades the US and Europe have held a monopoly. China has expended ...