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China "cheated" with EVs. They never managed to make a combustion engine that could hold a candle against western ones in terms of efficiency and reliability. Electric motors are waaay simpler. I doubt that the same will happen in commertial aircraft engines. If China catches up it will be through industrial spionage or very slow grinding, that will take many years.
This isn't 2010 anymore. PRC more or less caught up in mainstream IC drive trains. They prioritized resources on diesel engines (heavy equipment) it's essentially on par with global leaders and leading in some applications. Gasoline engine at parity for mainstream since 5 years ago, all the major brands has domestic power trains that's basically parity for mass market consumer vehicles, i.e. not extreme highend perfo…
My point is more that these domains seem civilizationally Hard. Western companies are very far in the effort/results curve. Will the Chinese get there? I guess at some point, though I doubt there is any incentive for the ICE motors in particular.