Chapter 1. Introduction -- Methodology -- Structure of the report -- Chapter 2. China's commercial aircraft market -- Current conditions -- Projections of China's future commercial passenger aircraft market -- Factors other than GDP growth -- Domestic versus international traffic -- Chapter 3. China's current commercial aircraft production -- Commercial passenger aircraft -- Domestic designs -- Foreign designs -- Helicopters -- Fixed-wing general aviation aircraft -- Chapter 4. The role of foreign firms in the development of China's commercial aviation manufacturing industry -- Chinese government policies toward foreign aviation manufacturing companies -- Joint ventures and cooperative R & D activities -- U.S. companies -- Non-U.S. companies -- Extent to which China-based production supplies U.S. aerospace firms -- U.S. companies -- Non-U.S. companies -- Other sources of western aerospace technology -- Chapter 5. China's space capabilities -- Launch vehicles -- Satellites -- Communications catellites -- Weather satellites -- Civilian earth-observation satellites -- Military imagery reconnaissance satellites -- Position, navigation, and timing satellites -- Other satellites -- Assessment -- Chapter 6. Conclusions -- The rate at which China's aerospace sector has developed -- Future developments --- Potential to contribute to China's military capabilities -- Implications for U.S. security interests.