[greedo]

China has been trying to improve their commercial air industry, but engines have been a problem, both for their airliners and their military jets.

[greglindahl]

Which is why the single-aisle twin-engine commercial jetliner that China is already building uses foreign engines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac_C919

[DashRattlesnake]

Which is why they're licensing the An-225 and jet engine technology from Ukraine.

http://www.popsci.com/china-will-resurrect-worlds-largest-pl...:

> The second stage of the project will involve the complete transfer of technology, including the 23 ton thrust Progress D-18T turbofan engines, to China, for licensed production of a modernized version in Sichuan Province.