ZHUHAI: China showed its Chengdu J-20 stealth fighter in public for the first time on Tuesday, opening the country’s biggest meeting of aircraft makers and buyers with a show of its military clout. China is set to overtake the US as the world’s top aviation market in the next decade. “It is clearly a big step forward in Chinese combat capability,” said Bradley Perrett of Aviation Week, a veteran China watcher. Experts say China has been refining designs in hopes of narrowing a military gap with Washington. AIRBUS, BOEING RIVALPresident Xi Jinping has pushed to toughen the armed forces as China takes a more assertive stance in the region, particularly in the South China and East China seas.

Source: New Strait Times November 01, 2016 04:35 UTC