Harmonic convergence! Two of my obsessions in one place!

At last, my interests in (a) innovative small-airplane technology, and (b) the evolution of China's economy, come together in one bit of news.

According to Aero-News.Net, in this dispatch, the next owner of the assets, technology, designs, etc of the defunct Eclipse Aviation company could be -- the Chinese government. Rather, the state-run Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, CACC, which is in charge of the country's ambitions to have a counterpart to Boeing and Airbus.

Now, if we could only work in a beer, boiled-frog, or USB-related angle, I would have the world's most completely satisfying news item. And even with just the China+aviation elements, it's fascinating in its implications.
 

This article available online at:

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2009/03/harmonic-convergence-two-of-my-obsessions-in-one-place/9786/