An order split between the two competitors is a possible compromise-one that many of the world's airlines, which benefit greatly from playing one firm offagainst the other, might sympathise with.
The practice of playingoff one great power against another is not new.
挑拨一个强国对抗另一个强国并不是什么新的手法。
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When ultimately it began to negotiate, China's only real strength lay in playing the powers off one against another - a tactic only partially successful.