Serious response: COMAC, the "Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China" (1) are working on it, but the competitor C929 aircraft (2) is not expected before 2030.
And they have produced smaller aircraft (3), but but the numbers produced so far are not impressive.
In other words, you're correct that it's not "if" but "when". And that it's a hard task, but they are working on it. The Jet engines seem to be the major hurdle.
And they have produced smaller aircraft (3), but but the numbers produced so far are not impressive.
In other words, you're correct that it's not "if" but "when". And that it's a hard task, but they are working on it. The Jet engines seem to be the major hurdle.
1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac_C929
3) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comac_C919