CHINESE INTENTIONS. The Pekin Government has appointed Major-General Ting Ching of the Ministry of War, to be Director of the Chinese government aviation establishment at Nanyuan, Pekin. For the purpose of facilitating communications, the government intends to build a branch line from Pekin to Nanyuan, which will connect with the Pekin-Hankow trunk railway shortly. Further, on the recommendation of General Ting, ten of the best students of the Government Aviation School will be selected and despatched to England, to study modern aviation tactics under British instructors. It is reported, says the “Pekin Leader”, that the Chinese Government authorities are not going to make those aeroplanes recently purchased from London as costly toys, but they will form the basis for the establishment of a big flying corps for China, both for military and commercial purposes, and that, if possible, machines will be purchased from other Western countries in the future. AVIATION IN THE EAST. The South is leading the North of China in aviation, as it has been the pioneer in most advances. Already Mr. C.E.W. Ricou has inaugurated an air service between Macao and Hongkong, which, we understand, is soon to be extended to Canton, and later to Shanghai, Manila and Japan. A large party of trained American aviators are already in Hongkong with a number of machines for the Far Eastern Aerial Service, which Mr. Ricou has pioneered. This company is the distributing agent of the Curtiss aeroplanes. China’s first connection by air with foreign countries will doubtless be through the Italian aviators, who are now on their way in the Rome to Tokyo flight. The Chinese Government expects to make their arrival in China a memorable event to stimulate national interest in aeronautics. The Government have already bought a number of Handley-Page machines, and has contracted for a large number of Vickers-Vimy planes. 1 SEPTEMBER 1920 FORMATION OF CHINESE-AMERICAN AVIATION CORPORATION Shanghai, Sept. 1st – The Chinese-American Aviation Corporation was formed here today when the certificate of incorporation was issued by the United States Court for China. The new corporation has expressed its intention of establishing a commercial transportation line for both passengers and freight, and plans to operate both airplanes and hydroplanes. The incorporators are two American citizens, Jow Sing and Moy Kuang Poy; and Zang Yien Kwauk, a resident of Shanghai. The capitalisation was for $100,000 United States gold. (N.Y. Herald 4th October 1920)
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