Actually, it's hard to imagine them being related. Subsidies affect entire industries. The whole initiative has to be wargamed before being presented. My feeling is that the Chinese are playing their usual shell game. They'll drop the subsidies and stick it to US exporters some other way - regulations tailored towards keeping out US-made products, enhanced customs inspections that require the payment of onerous inspection fees or some similarly creative measure.
I agree. But the Kitty Hawk kind of stuff is for show as well. The trick is figuring-out what they think they’re showing.