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C919 Engine Crisis Exposes Supply Chain Fault Lines Beijing Can No Longer Ignore
IndustryAdvanced Manufacturing01 MAY 2026Source: SCMP China Economy

C919 Engine Crisis Exposes Supply Chain Fault Lines Beijing Can No Longer Ignore

China's Politburo convened last week to address external economic shocks—including energy security threats from the US-Israel war on Iran—and the policy response lands directly on the same industrial vulnerabilities that have left COMAC's C919 program delivering just three aircraft in Q1 2026.

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