Aviation Industry Corporation of China
Coverage of Aviation Industry Corporation of China in the Nexus archive.
- Watchdog report alleges red-state university trained executives tied to China's defense sector
A watchdog report claims Missouri State University trained over 1,500 Chinese executives, including those linked to China's defense sector, through a long-running MBA program. The university denies using taxpayer funds for the program, which the report alleges involved Chinese government selection of participants and ties to sanctioned entities like Aviation Industry Corporation of China.
- Gu Songfen, pioneering designer of Chinese supersonic fighter jets, dies at 96
Gu Songfen, the chief designer of China’s J-8 fighter jet family, died at 96. He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering and a researcher at the Aviation Industry Corporation of China. The J-8 was the first home-grown supersonic fighter jet designed to counter US high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft.