{"id":7950,"date":"2006-06-08T19:21:46","date_gmt":"2006-06-09T02:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/06\/08\/site-chosen-in-china-for-airbus-assembly-plant-keith-bradsher\/"},"modified":"2006-06-08T19:21:46","modified_gmt":"2006-06-09T02:21:46","slug":"site-chosen-in-china-for-airbus-assembly-plant-keith-bradsher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/06\/site-chosen-in-china-for-airbus-assembly-plant-keith-bradsher\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Chosen in China for Airbus Assembly Plant – Keith Bradsher"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nFrom New York Times:\n<\/p>\n
\nAirbus <\/a> and the Chinese government said today that that Tianjin <\/a>, a port near Beijing, will be the site of a new plant to assemble Airbus A320 narrow-body jetliners.<\/p>\n
Airbus cautioned that a final decision to go ahead with the project would not be made until the end of September. But the selection of Tianjin is the latest in a series of steps by Airbus toward establishing its first aircraft assembly operation outside Europe, with the goal of catching up with Boeing <\/a> in the fast-growing Chinese market.<\/p>\n