China Aims to Dominate Boeing by 2049

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 airplane delivered to Air China during a ceremony at Boeing Zhoushan 737 Completion and Delivery Center in Zhoushan, in China's eastern Zhejiang Province, on Dec. 15, 2018. STR/AFP via Getty Images

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The past few years have offered a tough run of bad news for the passenger airliner division of iconic U.S. aerospace leader Boeing. Still, by 2049, if China has its way, it will displace Boeing as one of the leading producers of passenger airliners if it hasn’t yet forced its demise.