I could not agree more. The Chinese are really aggressively going after the aircraft market. There big issue is engines. They cant make good engines. So the contract GE (c919 engines) and so on. But when it comes to the copy idea. Does that matter? If it looks like something else okay but the technology is different. And when it comes to china they outsource for the flight data systems and almost all other technology. They are getting serious about building a plane.
Also Marc that's another good article but it still means there basically getting local government funding not central government funding. Its like Oregon sponsoring the 737 but the US federal government not. It is not enough to call them a stat project