Shanghai Daily: CHINA and the European Union have agreed to pursue jointly financed research focused on sharing and developing technologies for cleaner, less polluting and safer aircraft. The plan, announced yesterday at the Shanghai Expo’s cloud-shaped aviation pavilion, reflects China’s ambitions and growing importance as an aircraft producer, and Europe’s keenness to remain a leading player in the huge Chinese market. China has already built latest-generation fighter jets and midrange commercial airliners….