Why The US Is Worried About China’s Growing Widebody Fleet

China’s COMAC C929 is now well into its design phase. Full-scale mock-ups have appeared at shows around China, while an OSINT account, Hurin, has reported that China has successfully test-run its prospective CJ-2000 engine. Some analysts are now expecting the aircraft to have its maiden flight around 2030 before entering service in the mid-2030s.