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China orders its airlines to suspend use of Boeing 737 Max aircraft

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Re: China orders its airlines to suspend use of Boeing 737 Max aircraft

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

China is a one party state which explicitly doesn't permit any organization, much less a government agency, to operate without political interference.

America is a two party state... so what? My point is if your mind is closed to looking at their actions at an objective level, there is no point arguing against your position, since it is that China is inherently evil, and is incapable of good actions. Question is, what if you’re wrong? What if one party is better than two, or four, or 8? And if you can’t consider that possibility, are you any more open than China’s…

The US has an independent judiciary, and regulatory agencies which are fairly insulated from political pressure.

I'm not saying that China is evil, I'm just saying that there is a reason why the international community doesn't take anything they do at face value. The US can be wrong about things, and China can be right (for example, it would be naive to believe that the FAA is completely free from Boeing's influence), but the US's institutions are definitely more transparent and trustworthy than China's.

Re: China orders its airlines to suspend use of Boeing 737 Max aircraft

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The article implies that this is the Chinese government's way of signalling itself as a separate world aviation safety authority besides the FAA. Morbid as it is to think about, they're now postured in a position to benefit if another 737 Max goes down anywhere in the world.

If any other country ground 737s it's better for safety concerns. But if it's China, it must be political motivated.

Now even the US has grounded 737 Max, as the last one to follow up. Also for political reason?
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