ISBN:
0375422110
,
9780375422119
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 268 p.
,
22 cm
Edition:
1st ed
DDC:
387.70951
Keywords:
Aeronautics China
;
Aeronautics, Commercial China
;
Aerospace industries China
;
Industrie aéronautique
;
Aeronautics
;
Aeronautics, Commercial
;
Aerospace industries
;
China Economic conditions
;
2000-
;
China Economic conditions 2000-
;
Luftfahrt
;
China
Abstract:
Introduction -- The flight to Zhuhai -- Getting off the ground -- The men from Boeing bring China's first new airplanes -- The Chinese plan -- An airport in the wilderness -- An American dream, turned Chinese -- China's own Boeing -- Can flying continue? -- Signs of change -- The Chinese model, airborne
Abstract:
Evaluates China's plan to rival America as a leading aerospace power, revealing the nation's considerable investments in airports and airplane construction while making recommendations for how the United States should respond
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- The flight to Zhuhai -- Getting off the ground -- The men from Boeing bring China's first new airplanes -- The Chinese plan -- An airport in the wilderness -- An American dream, turned Chinese -- China's own Boeing -- Can flying continue? -- Signs of change -- The Chinese model, airborne.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-251) and index
