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RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Defense manufacturers in Brazil and Chile face new competition from China's rapidly developing aviation and arms industries, showcased at the Zhuhai International Air Show.
The air show surprised Western military analysts with the diversity and variety of Chinese defense products that are destined for international markets at competitive prices.
Chinese arms manufacturers also demonstrated they had honed skills and removed elements that earned them notoriety for substandard production and unreliability, observers at the air show said.
The Zhuhai air show in China's southern Guangdong province ran Nov.13-18.
The appearance of a new, stronger Chinese presence was seen by Brazilian and Chilean exhibitors as an open challenge as China mounts a global marketing drive to find customers for its wares.
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