A British Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet at RAF Coningsby in May.
Daniel Duggan, a former US Marine Corps pilot, has been accused of violating the Arms Export Control Act by training Chinese military pilots.
"Currently, Chinese jet engines can at best achieve one-fourth the life span of Western engines," the report says.
To manufacture engines, China still needs to import complex machine tools, including equipment made in Germany, Japan, Italy, and South Korea.
A J-20 stealth fighter jet at Airshow China 2022 in Zhuhai in November.
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