"A supercruising combat aircraft is a high
priority of the Chinese navy, the country’s
top admiral says in a revealing official interview
that gives strong clues of perceived shortcomings
and future directions for the maritime force."

See:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/J10v2-042709.xml&headline=Chinese
Navy Requires Supercruising Fighter&channel=defense

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:52:15 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

>"A supercruising combat aircraft is a high
>priority of the Chinese navy, the country’s
>top admiral says in a revealing official interview
>that gives strong clues of perceived shortcomings
>and future directions for the maritime force."
>
>See:
>
>http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story.jsp?id=news/J10v2-042709.xml&headline=Chinese
>Navy Requires Supercruising Fighter&channel=defense

Look for a downscaled F-23 clone. The Chinese are even worse design
stealers than the Russians.

TL