Thanks Derfred, for a very interesting article. It seems, that the Chinese see an advantage in the use of thorium reactors. I wouldn't be surprised, if they also see a strategic advantage in using this technology for controlling large scale commodities, as they are now doing with African mines of kobalt etc. Hydrogen could well be such a strategic commodity in the future, maybe not for aircraft per se, but for all other applications on the ground.
Beware, I would say.