By 'made in China', they mean 'built the fuselage and wings, bought all the hard parts from America and France':<p><a href="https://perennialinvesting.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/112.png" rel="nofollow">https://perennialinvesting.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/112.p...</a><p>But hey, they finally managed to make a ballpoint pen so they'll probably be making their own jet engines any day now: <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/01/18/finally-china-manufactures-a-ballpoint-pen-all-by-itself/" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/01/18...</a>
The C919 is not a large airliner. The capacity of 160 people is smaller than the most sold single-aisle aircrafts (A320/B737-8). It's a large regional aircraft, competing with the C300 and will mainly be used for feeder or to serve small cities.<p>I don't want to downplay the importance of the release, but this aircraft is not a competitor for the duopoly between Airbus and Boeing for passenger aircrafts >200 pax. The market this aircraft operates in has far more competitors.<p>The real revolution could begin if they are able to deliver a real competitor for the A320/B737-8, which seem to be the cheapest to fly <6hrs, considering all costs.