China’s Defense Firms Want Their Drones to Soar in New Markets
Chinese defense contractors made a tour de force showing at an exhibition in Kuala Lumpur.
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Hi, this is Josh Xiao, fresh off a visit to Kuala Lumpur, where I attended one of Asia’s biggest defense and security exhibitions.
The main thing that jumped out at me was that Chinese companies were ramping up their presence like never before. This year, 192 such firms sent representatives to the event, organizer Defence Services Asia told me. That’s the biggest showing ever from China, which is the world’s fifth-largest arms exporter in terms of percentage of global shipments.