PLAAF Tu-2 repurposed for cloud seeding in Jilin province in 1958. Dry ice was used as a catalyst, dispersed from the bomb bay.

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RoebuckThirtyFour@reddit

I was pretty suprised to see a TU-2 in service in the late 50s imagine my shock when I saw the PLAAF kept them until the early 80s

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Between the Great Leap Forward (20-40 million dead in famines) and the Cultural Revolution (where engineers and designers were sent to work the fields and learn proper proletarian thought), Chinese technology and development stagnated for about 25 years. As a result, a lot of WWII-Korean War Russian tech lingered on.

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Ornery_Year_9870@reddit

There's an ex-Chinese one at the War Eagles Museum near El Paso. Neat airplane.