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Don't know about the engines but I've never seen these aircraft in service carry anything more than two types of IR short range missiles, except the usual airshow publicity shots.

China's military is hampered by a lack of transportation ability, hence limited offensive capability. They cannot invade Taiwan because they can't get enough troops across the strait.

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Yeah if anything over the last decade they have gotten more open, not clamping down more. They recently studied Germany's "social democratic" system and its thought that once the "old guard" dies off the reformers are aiming for something like that down the road. Warfare doesn't occur when lots of trade is going on, $ is what it all boils down to in the end. Just look at what France did with Germany after WW2. They got tired of being overrun so they totally integrated economically with Germany so it would hurt Germany to invade. China is economically integrating with Taiwan, Japan, S. Korea, rest of Asia, EU, USA to such an extent that any war would simply be terrible for most business.