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Blitzo

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Didn't they talk about 5 years ago............


"In July 2010 a proposed Russian-Chinese development of a 33-ton heavy-lift helicopter was announced."

News was repeated again in China Daily in 2011....
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It took FIVE YEARS for this to finally signed. LOL!
Now we have to wait for another 10 years to see this into fruition.

It actually isn't unreasonable, given the need/impetus for the project at the time wasn't as high as it is now, and that it would've taken a lot of time to divide the labour and funding between both sides adequately to their satisfaction to try and avoid the mess that the Indians and their FGFA partnership ended up reaching.
Not to mention settling on design goals and requirements overall.
 

Blitzo

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New on huitong's site... not sure if the real thing would look like this, but it's a nice drawing regardless.

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ladioussupp

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According to the news released by Weinan City (Shang-Xi province) government yesterday, an Ukraine aviation industry delegate visited "Weinan Aviation Industrial Park (National General Aviation Industrial Base)." The leader of this delegate, President of LikOm group, expressed that well-tested An-70 and An-224 projects can be cooperated and developed in "LuYangHu Modern Industral Development Zone." In addition, Minister of Ukraine Aviation and Space Department, member of this delegate, also expects to push An-70/158/124/225/74/178 projects' productions with cooperation of "National Civilian Airplane Scientific and Research Test Flight Base" project.

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Does this mean Ukraine aviation industry being bought by China?
 

Deino

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Hmmm ... maybe a first step for an even closer cooperation to gain experiences China so far did not have (especially certain products) !?
 

ladioussupp

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According to some observers, the visiting Ukraine delegate is just a smoke. The real intention of China hosts is to "encircle" lands in the industrial park and to sell these lands or buildings on the lands later at a much higher price.
 

broadsword

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Then the govt needs to investigate. Government Organisations have this kind of habit to make easy money, but in the process drives up property prices across the country.
 

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2015-06-07 09:23 | CRIENGLISH.com | Editor: Wang Fan

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Passengers use WiFi services to surf Internet on mobile gadgets on a flight of China Eastern Airlines. (Liu Xin/For China Daily)

Three major Chinese airlines, including China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines and Air China, have been approved to provide in-flight Wi-Fi services.

Passengers on these airlines won't have long to wait before they can log on and stay plugged-in during their flights.

China Eastern Airlines has become the first Chinese carrier to provide Wi-Fi services on both domestic and international flights.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the carrier is allowed to use the AsiaSat-6 satellite for Wi-Fi services on its 21 aircraft from June 5.

The services are expected to be offered in a month as the airline clears up several formalities ahead of the launch.

Zhang Chi, deputy director of the company's transition department, explains what this means for the airline.

"According to our market research, over 86 percent passengers will take flights with internet services as a priority. So providing wifi service is an important strategy for the company to attract passengers, and that's why we've decided to make this a standard service in our entire fleet. To make it happen, over 70 aircraft will be modified to install the necessary equipment before 2017."

After the installation is completed, through the AsiaSat-6 satellite, airplanes in the sky can get connected with network devices in base stations on the ground.

China Southern Airlines' senior engineer Mi Jisheng says the state-to-the-art technology enables air passengers to experience faster wifi service on plane than even at home.

"First, with the new technology, the bandwidth will be about 50-fold faster than that of the previous traditional technology. Second, the communication network will be much larger than before, and this time with global coverage. About 99 percent of intercontinental routes will be covered with satellite signals."

Currently, American Airlines, Qatar Airlines and many other foreign airlines offer wi-fi services on flights, with charges ranging from several US dollars to over twenty dollars.

However, Zhang Chi with China Eastern Airlines says their service charges are expected to be free.

"Through wifi access, we will offer a variety of internet services which are free for passengers. The service charges will be shared and paid by the airline and its business partners. We have collaborated with China Union Pay for passengers on the plane to make real-time payment through a cloud platform, which is a breakthrough for online shopping during flights."

With the commercialization of the service, passengers on plane can also enjoy a wide range of duty-free goods.

Experts predict the Wi-Fi service could bring about new business opportunities, especially in social media and data services.

Last year, around 390 million domestic Chinese passengers took flights and spent 1 billion hours in the air.
 
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