> People seem to think this is a political move by the China, which may be true Categorically FALSE. Let's get the facts straight. 1. The initial mandate was

> People seem to think this is a political move by the China, which may be true Categorically FALSE. Let's get the facts straight. 1. The initial mandate was only to temporarily ground all 737MAX series for one(1) day (March 11th) not indefinitely. The CAAC (equiv. of FAA in the US) will determine the further action upon an initial report result is released. [1] It also mentioned that CAAC takes zero tolerance to air safety issues, which is consistent in the past 40 years. 2. Out of 350 Boeing's 737MAX series delivered since 2017, about one thirds (96 according to the Chinese news) went to China. To speed up delivery and reduce cost, Boeing actually opened and operated a brand new factory in Zhoushan, China for all deliveries to Chinese market. So Chinese airliners are one biggest early adopters and Boeing's biggest market. The Zhoushan Boeing factory is joint venture with CMAC (a State owned aircraft manufacturer).[2] So a politically move to ban 737Max that may cause significant economical impact for their own state-owned enterprise, which made no sense. [1]: http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2019-03-11/doc-ihsxncvh1490704.shtml http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2019-03-11/doc-ihsxncvh1490704.sht... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX#Program_launch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_737_MAX#Program_launch