China to acquire Backfires?

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Pooh Bear wrote:


Two part question; first, do you think that China will actually succeed in
it's acquisition attempts regarding the Backfire, and if so, how many would
they end up with?

Irrelevant


Second, what does this mean to the the US?

Bugger all !

China needs the USA ( and the rest of the western world ) to trade with.


China needs the USA to have someplace to dump its cheap quality products.

That's
how they are modernising their country via a significant trade surplus.
Otherwise it's back to the paddy fields.

The Chinese have essentially become capitalists today. Just like the Russians
too. They just don't like to admit it much.

Thieving capitalists who invent nothing and simply copy/counterfeit what
the rest of the world creates.


The Cold War is over - or did someone forget to mention it to you ?


Somebody needs to tell that to the USN VQ-1 EP-3 crew who were held
prisoner by the Chinese military several days before being allowed to
even speak with the outside world.


--Mike