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Should China worry more about keeping defence customers than winning new deals?
A report from an Indian think tank highlights that retaining existing defense customers and potential Russian competition may pose significant challenges for Chinese weapons system sales. The study questions the assumption that Chinese weaponry is uniformly poor in quality, suggesting a nuanced evaluation is needed.
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