@Aya Shawn
Living in Singapore, professional investorApr 19
China has a long history of purchasing military aircraft.
In fact, Chinese people do not prefer Russian products. They always buy what they think is the best choice.
Before 1979, China generally belonged to the Soviet bloc and was a country within NATO restrictions. It was impossible for them to purchase fighter jets from the United States. At that time, China's technological level was still relatively backward, so the only option was to purchase and license the production of Soviet fighter jets. For example, aircraft such as MIG21 MIG19.
From 1979 to 1989, relations between China and the United States eased, and relations with the Soviet unx were worse. They no longer had access to the latest fighter jets from the Soviet unx. But the United States began to open arms sales to China.


中國購買軍用飛機(jī)的歷史悠久。
事實(shí)上，中國人并不偏愛俄羅斯產(chǎn)品，他們總是購買他們認(rèn)為最好的產(chǎn)品。
1979年之前，中國總體上屬于蘇聯(lián)集團(tuán)，是北約限制內(nèi)的國家，他們不可能從美國購買戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)，當(dāng)時(shí)中國的技術(shù)水平還比較落后，所以唯一的選擇就是購買和授權(quán)生產(chǎn)蘇聯(lián)戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)。例如米格21、米格19這樣的飛機(jī)。
1979年至1989年，中美關(guān)系緩和，與蘇聯(lián)關(guān)系惡化，不再能得到蘇聯(lián)最新的戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)，但美國開始對(duì)中國開放軍售。

Lockheed Martin displays F16 in Beijing
During this period, China purchased many Black Hawk helicopters from the American Hughes Company. The Americans also transported F16, Chinook and other military aircraft to China for display, hoping that China would buy them. Grumman had planned to sell F14 to China too
But China was too poor at the time, and their budget couldn't afford these American goods.

洛克希德·馬丁公司在北京展示 F16
這一時(shí)期，中國向美國休斯公司購買了多架黑鷹直升機(jī)，美國人還把F16、支奴干等軍機(jī)運(yùn)到中國展示，希望中國購買。格魯曼公司也曾計(jì)劃向中國出售F14
但當(dāng)時(shí)中國太窮了，他們的預(yù)算根本買不起這些美國商品。

Chinese J8II fighter jet in Grumman workshop
They chose to hand over the Soviet aircraft they built to Grumman for upgrades, which would be cheaper.
If the relationship between China and the United States can continue until China's economy takes off, then it should be normal to see a large number of F16s and F35s in the Chinese military.
However, after the collapse of the Soviet unx, Sino-US relations were severed again, and all cooperation was terminated.
Fortunately, poor Russia, desperate for Chinese money, re-established relations with their Chinese comrades. This caused China to turn to Russia again. This time they purchased a large number of SU27 fighters and later SU30 fighters.
These purchases occurred in the 1990s.
However, after the 1990s, China's own aviation industry has developed rapidly. They not only copied the SU27 aircraft, but also successfully upgraded it. At the same time, its self-developed J10 fighter jets, J20 fighter jets, JF-17 fighter jets and other products have also been successfully mass-produced.
By the beginning of the 21st century, China basically only imported some aviation engines. No more large quantities of fighter jets from any country.
After 2010, they rarely even import aircraft engines.
China has now become an independent aviation power. They develop and produce fifth-generation fighter jets themselves and have begun exporting them to their allies.

中國殲-8II戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)在格魯曼工廠
他們選擇將自己制造的蘇聯(lián)飛機(jī)交給格魯曼公司進(jìn)行升級(jí)，這樣更便宜。
如果中美關(guān)系能夠持續(xù)到中國經(jīng)濟(jì)起飛，那么中國軍隊(duì)中出現(xiàn)大量F16、F35應(yīng)該是很正常的事。
但蘇聯(lián)解體后，中美關(guān)系再次斷絕，一切合作終止。
幸運(yùn)的是，貧窮的俄羅斯急需中國的錢，于是重新與中國同志建立關(guān)系。這導(dǎo)致中國再次轉(zhuǎn)向俄羅斯。這次他們購買了大批SU27戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)，后來又購買了SU30戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)。
這些購買發(fā)生在20世紀(jì)90年代。
不過進(jìn)入90年代以后，中國自身的航空工業(yè)發(fā)展迅速，不僅仿制了蘇27飛機(jī)，還成功對(duì)其進(jìn)行了升級(jí)改造，同時(shí)其自主研發(fā)的殲10戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)、殲20戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)、梟龍戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)等產(chǎn)品也都成功量產(chǎn)。
到了21世紀(jì)初，中國基本上只進(jìn)口一些航空發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)，沒有再從任何國家大批量進(jìn)口戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)。
2010年以后，他們甚至很少進(jìn)口航空發(fā)動(dòng)機(jī)。
中國現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)成為一個(gè)獨(dú)立的航空強(qiáng)國，他們自己研發(fā)和生產(chǎn)第五代戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)，并開始向盟友出口。