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[–]IkeConn 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I asked a Chinese engineer why China didn't manufacture civilian aircraft. He said he didn't know but if they did he wouldn't fly in one.

[–]Zapped 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I knew a guy who worked in China 20 or so years ago and he said that the Chinese are great at copying and making things cheaper, but they are not good innovators. Something in their culture steers them that way. Maybe they are trying to change.