Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.
Before joining Aviation Week in 2006 he was a macroeconomics, politics and aerospace journalist with Reuters. Perrett holds a bachelor’s degree in law from Macquarie University, Sydney. He left Aviation Week in 2020.
No one ever accused South Korea's Agency for Defense Development of lacking ambition. But as it pushes ahead with its effort to indigenously develop a stealth fighter, the agency faces renewed accusations of a lack of realism, and it is simply being overlooked when it comes to funding.
Many a Western airline or airport manager, begging for better infrastructure, must gaze wistfully at China. There, it is so often said, “the government just gets things done.” And it often seems that when any level of government in China sees a need for roads, power stations, airports and the like, not much time passes before trees are crashing down and excavators are at work. A “Nimbyism” stance does not stand much chance.
