China to buy Airbus jets in $17b deal
By Zhao Yinan and Li Xiaokun | China Daily | Updated: 2015-10-30 07:41
China signed a $17 billion deal on Thursday to buy 130 jets from European multinational aerospace and defense corporation Airbus Group SE.
The deal was one of 13 witnessed by Premier Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel following a meeting between the two leaders in Beijing.
Li said he and Merkel had "candid and productive" talks - their scheduled half-hour closed-door meeting was extended to more than an hour.
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