China airborne

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Evaluates China's plan to rival America as a leading aerospace power, revealing the nation's considerable investments in airports and airplane construction while making recommendations for how the United States should respond.

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Full title :China airborne / James Fallows.

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Publication Date:©2012.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Pantheon Books
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2012.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiii, 268 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780307907400, 0307907406, 9781299046733, 1299046738
oclc:ocn795523735
LC Classification:TL527.C5
Dewey Decimal:387.70951

Introduction: the flight to Zhuhai -- This is going to be big -- Getting off the ground -- The men from Boeing -- The Chinese master plan -- An airport in the wilderness -- An American dream, turned Chinese -- China's own Boeing -- The environmental consequences of aviation -- The tensions inside China -- The Chinese model, airborne.

Subjects

Aeronautics Aeronautics -- China Aeronautics, Commercial Aeronautics, Commercial -- China Aéronautique -- Chine Aerospace industries Aerospace industries -- China Aviation China China -- Economic conditions -- 2000- Chine -- Conditions économiques -- 2000- Economic history Industries aérospatiales -- Chine international Since 2000 TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding Transports aériens -- Chine