https://www.scmp.com/rss/316692/feed The biennial China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China or the Zhuhai Airshow, stages its 10th exhibition November 11-16 in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai. The most notable military aircraft expected to participate include the Shenyang J-31 stealth fighter and the Xian Y-20 military transport plane. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ties between Beijing and Manila may be under pressure from China’s growing assertiveness in the contested South China Sea, after the Philippine president’s top aides warned against crossing the country’s “red lines” in the resource-rich waterway. While the harsh words this week deviated from the Rodrigo Duterte administration’s friendlier line, analysts say domestic political pressure has pushed Manila to be less cosy with Beijing, even if military conflict over the disputed waters remains... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2148693/manilas-tough-talk-south-china-sea-aimed-easing-fears?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2148693/manilas-tough-talk-south-china-sea-aimed-easing-fears?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 01 Jun 2018 00:00:45 +0000 Orders for more than 100 Avic planes and helicopters at the Zhuhai Airshow, including a breakthrough deal in the United States, have boosted China's ambitions to move into advanced aviation markets overseas. Aviation Industry Corp of China's general aviation subsidiary Avicopter said yesterday it was looking to tap the US express delivery market with its Y-12 family of utility planes, which will be sold to the US for the first time in a deal with a Californian-based company that was among a raft... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1638428/us-deal-zhuhai-airshow-puts-china-planes-world-map?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1638428/us-deal-zhuhai-airshow-puts-china-planes-world-map?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:15:30 +0000 When the wraps came off the J-31 stealth fighter at the Zhuhai air show yesterday, there was double cause for celebration for the People's Liberation Army Air Force. It not only marked the public debut of the country's the fifth-generation stealth fighter, it represented the progress China has made in the 65 years since its air force first got off the ground. The J-31 is just one of a series of fighter jets to roll off mainland military production lines in recent years. Despite the advances... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1637753/space-be-next-frontier-chinas-air-force?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1637753/space-be-next-frontier-chinas-air-force?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:30:15 +0000 Despite deep-seated historical grievances and tense relations between Beijing and Tokyo, Japan's air force has long been the role model for the PLA Air Force. Beijing says November 11, 1949 is the founding date for the air force but its first aeronautical institute was set up in Shenyang, Liaoning, on March 1, 1945. Most of the drillmasters and technicians were Japanese prisoners in the second world war, according to reports from the China Youth News. Yaichiro Hayashi, a former pilot in Japan's... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1637754/how-captured-japanese-prisoners-trained-chinese-pilots-1945?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1637754/how-captured-japanese-prisoners-trained-chinese-pilots-1945?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:30:15 +0000 China's newest fighter jet made its debut yesterday at the biannual international air show in Zhuhai , underscoring its rising military strength in Asia. The J-31 fifth-generation stealth fighter made a solo fly-past at Airshow China on what was also the official 65th anniversary of the founding of China's air force. The flypast makes China only the second nation after the United States to have two stealth fighter designs in field testing at the same time. Chinese media reported last year that... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1637386/vips-flock-zhuhai-airshow-j-31-stealth-fighter-takes-skies?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1637386/vips-flock-zhuhai-airshow-j-31-stealth-fighter-takes-skies?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 11 Nov 2014 08:00:15 +0000 A mainland-made utility plane is to be sold to the United States for the first time, aerospace manufacturing giant Aviation Industry Corp of China (Avic) said before the 10th Zhuhai Airshow, which opens today. "We are selling a model to the US and it is a breakthrough as it is the first time for Chinese-made civil aircraft to enter an advanced country," Avic president Lin Zuoming said. He would not name the model but Avic sources said the latest export would be the Y-12F, a 19-seat turboprop... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1636861/avic-plane-sale-us-first-mainland-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1636861/avic-plane-sale-us-first-mainland-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Nov 2014 21:30:45 +0000 China's main contractor supplying its space programme has unveiled details of a prototype Mars rover. Photographs of the vehicle have been published by Xinhua before it goes on display at an international aviation show that starts today in Zhuhai . The vehicle has been built by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and comes after the failure of China's rover on the moon early this year. Ouyang Ziyuan, China's chief scientist for lunar missions, told state media earlier this... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1636424/china-unveils-first-mars-rover-and-exploration-system-red-planet?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1636424/china-unveils-first-mars-rover-and-exploration-system-red-planet?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 10 Nov 2014 06:30:15 +0000 China is seeking suppliers to develop its own widebody passenger plane over the next decade, industry executives said, expanding its ambitions and rivalry with Boeing and Airbus. The proposed aircraft, tentatively called the C929, would be state-backed Commercial Aircraft Corp of China's (Comac) largest, according to suppliers that have held talks with the firm. It would be a substantial advance on the smaller 158 to 168-seat narrow-body C919 it is currently developing and the 78 to 90-seat... https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1634639/china-looks-develop-big-passenger-plane?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1634639/china-looks-develop-big-passenger-plane?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:00:00 +0000 Photos of what appears to be China’s latest stealth fighter landing in the southern city of Zhuhai have revived speculation that the jet will be publicly unveiled for the first time at an air show there next month. Watch: China's Zhuhai airshow takes off, J-31 fighter makes debut The unconfirmed photos, first published on a military enthusiasts’ forum, show a fighter jet landing in Zhuhai, Guangdong province earlier this week with the same markings as previous leaked photos of the Shenyang J-31... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1627365/new-chinese-j-31-stealth-fighter-spotted-zhuhai-ahead-air-show?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1627365/new-chinese-j-31-stealth-fighter-spotted-zhuhai-ahead-air-show?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Oct 2014 03:45:45 +0000