Airbus China plant opens door to massive market

Fast forward to the day when China tells Airbus to get out and keeps making planes called "Erbus"

Exactly, Meguroman.

I guess a secret technology-transfer agreement is part of the deal? The Chinese have no intention of buying planes, trains, automobiles etc., from foreigners in the future.

How do you think the Chinese developed the world's fastest train so quickly...while the more advanced Japanese and Europeans spent decades working on their own? Our multinationals are selling our Western expertise (much of it from tax-funded research) right down the river. Vive la Communism!

Meguroman, that was good! I could definitely see that happening.

I thought the fastest train was Europe's AGV at 574.8 kph. The Shanghai Maglev can go faster in theory but it's build by Germany's Siemens. But building the Airbus allows China to have a state of the art assemble plan that can be used to any aircraft manufacturing including military. They could just copy the plant and make new fighters for their new aircraft carriers.

It opens the door for some short terms sales, and the accompanying technology transfer opens the door to the coming Chinese aircraft industry to build a C-Jumbo and dump it for half the price. Will our greedy capitalists ever learn to think long-term?

I just acquired a fear of Airbus 320s. Or, is it Erbus now?

WilliB, NO, they will never learn until they get locked out of their own factory. The fact that it has actually happened to other companies doesn't appear to phase them.

Chinese Pride!!! Let's hope they have "Made in China" listed in one of the panels as you board the plane. That should instill peace of mind among the air traveling public.

More seriously, the issue of technology transfer cannot be ignored. Given the number of industrial espionage cases that have come up in recent years, shouldn't other countries consider the implications of potentially selling the farm to Beijing? Moving businesses offshore for reasons of labor costs is one issue, however, giving away important technology to a country in which intellectual property rights essentially don't exist is stupid.

Funny, Meguroman. Remember, though, that they're only assembling the plane, not manufacturing the parts. Let's see them try to build an equivalent jet engine.

We can laugh all we want about CHINA but the truth is, sooner or later they will most likely end up saving Airbus, sure call it Erbus, etc..but the way Boeing is going, they will have to start putting plants in China too!