Beijing is recruiting large numbers of British, French, Australian, and Canadian pilots to train its air force. Carl Schuster, former director of operations at U.S. Pacific Command’s Joint Intelligence Center, warned that the West is helping the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) become a threat.
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) says it believes that up to 30 former British military pilots are providing training in China, and says it has been in contact with many others, including British personnel currently serving. Each pilots is paid £237,911 (about $272,842).
The MoD said that the Chinese regime uses third parties to find British and other Western pilots to train Chinese pilots and to support state-owned defense industry companies and research institutes….