Former military pilots from the West are being lured to China
Are they giving the Chinese air force a leg up?
IN APRIL A Chinese fighter jet crashed in a rural part of eastern China. The two pilots safely ejected and were quickly surrounded by locals, who recorded the encounter. “Who is that?” asked a villager, pointing to one of the pilots, a white man with red hair who spoke in English. “This is our instructor,” said the other pilot in Chinese. “Don’t take photos.”
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Top guns for hire”
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