[Mount Athos]

I wonder if some chinese technical people just left boeing with a raft of trade secrets. Nah.

[RC2]

They didn't have to. Al Gore probably already gave them the plans.

[Leisler]

"The ARJ21 will be built using tooling which was originally provided by the McDonnell Douglas company for licence production of the MD-90 in China. Because of this, it bears a strong resemblance to the DC-9 series of aircraft, with an identical cabin cross section, nose profile and tail. An all new supercritical wing has been designed by Antonov.[5] It will have a sweepback of 25°, and be fitted with winglets to improve aerodynamic performance."

[wildbill]

They got the plans & frames needed for construction and dies for some of our older model planes during the Clinton administration.

That was part of the Chinese connection with Loral and the large political donations (bribes) that occurred. Everyone forgets so fast with the rush of info coming through the computers every day.