18 February 2013

News Story: China Shipbuilder Calls for Greater Cooperation with U.S. Firms

Lockheed Martin's corvette derived from LCS design

By CHRISTOPHER P. CAVAS

ABU DHABI — China and the U.S. are missing opportunities for joint military sales, one shipbuilding representative said Sunday, urging greater cooperation rather than competition between the two countries.

“We want to cooperate with U.S. firms,” said Bo Li, a project manager with China Shipbuilding and Offshore International Co. (CSOC), a major shipbuilding group that builds a range of naval and commercial ships for domestic and foreign customers.

“We want to talk with them, with Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, but they won’t talk with us,” Bo said.

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