On a sunny day (Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:14:49 -0700) it happened John Larkin wrote in :
They are building the A320 for Airbus:
All the tools, all the design, all the knowhow is there. Easy for a country so very good in copying to use as a starting point for their own improved designs.
If Boeing had outsourced the Dreamliner production to China, it would be flying now. Maybe outsource most of the design too. Cheaper too :-)