- Title: China's largest airshow kicks off with aerobatic performances
- Date: 28th September 2021
- Summary: ZHUHAI, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA (SEPTEMBER 28, 2021) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF J-20 STEALTH FIGHTER JETS FLOWN BY MEMBERS OF THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY (PLA) AIR FORCE DURING AIRSHOW DISPLAY VARIOUS OF J-20 STEALTH FIGHTER JET IN THE AIR VARIOUS OF J-10 FIGHTER JETS IN THE AIR LEAVING TRAILS OF COLOURED SMOKE IN AEROBATIC PERFORMANCE VARIOUS OF J-10 FIGHTER JET LEAVING TRAIL OF BLUE SMOKE J-10 FIGHTER JETS IN THE AIR LEAVING TRAILS OF COLOURED SMOKE J-10 FIGHTER JET PARKED IN BACKDROP AS MEMBERS OF PLA AIR FORCE MARCH IN ORDERLY MANNER FLIGHT CREW BOARDING J-10 FIGHTER JET CABIN HOODS OF J-10 FIGHTER JETS CLOSING J-10 FIGHTER JETS TAXIING VARIOUS OF CROWD AT ZHUHAI AIRSHOW
- Embargoed: 12th October 2021 06:23
- Keywords: China Zhuhai airshow planes technology
- Location: ZHUHAI, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA
- City: ZHUHAI, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA
- Country: China
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001EWMTDMV
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:China's largest airshow kicked off in the southern city of Zhuhai on Tuesday (September 28) with an acrobatic and colourful display of aircraft navigated by members of the country's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force.
The normally biennial Airshow China, which was delayed by a year due to COVID-19, was mostly a domestic affair due to tight quarantine rules.
The country's efforts to improve homegrown aerospace technology was in the spotlight at a time of a growing strategic rivalry with the West.
"The fact that Airshow China is happening at all, when the global air show calendar has been pretty disrupted, allows China to show it has returned to post-COVID normalcy," said Douglas Barrie, a senior fellow for military aerospace at the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
The United States and its Asian allies have expressed growing alarm at Beijing's military buildup, pressure on Taiwan and deployments in the contested South China Sea.
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