This Day, That Year

Item from Feb 17, 1989, in China Daily: More than $3 billion in trade has been achieved by China's main aeronautics corporation since it began selling to the world at the beginning of the 1980s.

Products for both military and civilian uses have been sold on the international market, particularly to the developing countries. ...

China has become a major player in the global aviation industry with big civilian and military aircraft programs.