Minnie Chan, South China Morning Post: Free gifts with arms sales: China dangles hi-tech offers in crowded global military marketplace
Chinese munitions firms are bundling in some of their cutting-edge hardware and services with purchases as global competition for buyers heats up
Chinese munitions makers and sellers are sharing some of their top military hardware and knowledge with overseas buyers, and improving after-sales services as the manufacturers try to hang on to market share in an increasingly competitive arms market.
In the most recent deal, state-owned China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) and the Royal Thai Armed Forces agreed late last month to collaborate on development of military equipment and technology.
The deal follows the Thai government’s decision last year to spend US$393 million on Chinese submarines.
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WNU Editor: The Chinese are copying what the Europeans and Americans do when promoting arms sales .... and it works.