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Re:Chinese airline completes maiden passenger flight with do... by fabianhjr on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @04:18PM (#25586230)
I would argue they have and there are plenty of examples though the closest to aviation would be high speed railways.

Their first trainsets were all manufactured with licensed technology (Hexie Hao) and as their demand for, and expertise on, trainsets increased they created new models from scratch (Fuxing Hao) that are consider technologically superior to other alternatives _and_ at a price advantage. (There are many reports on a recent push to start exporting those new Fuxing Hao trainsets that started operating in 2017)

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Re:Chinese airline completes maiden passenger flight with do... by LargoLasskhyfv on Friday January 01, 2021 @06:51PM (#25608612)
About Christmas the news of the rollout of a bullet freight train made the rounds. At 350kph - km/h or about 217mph.

Looked only slightly modified from their passenger trains. One large sliding door in the middle of each car, with a folding out ramp, and where usually the passenger seats were, there is now something like in freight planes, where standardised freight containers easily slide into their positions via slots in the ground and rolls. Automatically!

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-12/24/c_139615873.htm (contains short video showing operations)

That is a real FIRST!

(Yah, Yah! color me impressed. But it IS impressive!)

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Re:Chinese airline completes maiden passenger flight with do... by SkyMarshal on Thursday December 31, 2020 @03:32AM (#25590767)
I mean, China has working maglev trains. I’ve had the fortune to ride one. That’s certainly far beyond just another train set.
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