Dunno what's left of either of those two companies (or the willingness of the EU to sell to China) but neither really had anything that would compete with the A

Dunno what's left of either of those two companies (or the willingness of the EU to sell to China) but neither really had anything that would compete with the A220/A320/B737. The ARJ was an attempt at a refreshed MD-80 with tooling from McDonnell Douglas and a ton of outsourced bits and it still flopped. Per the article COMAC is resorting to espionage, so I imagine they think going the legal route won't pan out for them.