America's favorite small plane company, Cirrus Aircraft, has thrived under the ownership of a Chinese SOE. But with an IPO set for Hong Kong, can it continue to soar?
Aviation is a niche passion. In the United States, barely one person in 500 has a pilot’s certificate — and the U.S. has most of the world's pilots. Of the U.S. total, a little under one half are working for airlines or in the military, which leaves a relative handful of people for “general aviation,” or GA. The non-airline, non-military GA activities at the 5,000 small airports dotted across the U.S. include piloting corporate jets, flying crop dusters, conducting search-and-rescue miss
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Chinese companies have decided that the best place to make money right now is outside of China. The phenomenon known as chu hai (出海), which translates to “go global,” has taken hold, marking a kind of second 'go out' initiative. This time, however, Chinese companies are being met with scrutiny and suspicion.
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