Boeing's China Problem | Wendover Productions
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Boeing's China Problem | Wendover Productions

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 28, 202617 min

Boeing's China Problem Learn new skills with Skillshare for free for two months at http://skl.sh/wendover7Listen to Extremities at http://ExtremitiesPodcast.comSubscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com/halfasinterestingGet the Wendover Productions t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirtYoutube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Sponsorship Enquiries: [email protected] Other emails: [email protected] Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductionsAnimation by Josh Sherrington Sound by Graham Haerther (http://www.Haerther.net) Thumbnail by Simon...

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By 2035, that number is expected to be 1.3 billion.

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believed to be the future busiest airport in the world, and is expected to soon surpass

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This video was made possible by Skillshare. Learn new skills for more than 25,000 classes for free for two months at skl.sh-wendover7. To, from, or through China, more than half a billion passengers fly each year. By 2035, that number is expected to be 1.3 billion.

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It is one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world, is home to what is believed to be the future busiest airport in the world, and is expected to soon surpass the US to become the single largest aviation market in the world. Last year, a new aircraft was delivered to a Chinese airline every 21 hours—that's

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$35 billion worth of aircraft purchased in a single year. All of this, however, represents a considerable problem for the world's largest aircraft manufacturer—Boeing. You see, the reason China is a problem for Boeing is also part of the reason why China

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