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What logic have you applied to your post to make it any meaningful. Uptil 2017 and gaining some skills in 5th Generation tech is nothing but meaningless trait. There is no chance that China would have manage to develop certain tech to represent their readiness for 5th generation tech, perhaps you may shed more light on this by providing some links and source.
If you go to previous posts, the current leaks suggest that F-10B is serving as a test bed for 5th generation technologies like DSI,CIP, Wide Holographic Huds and AESA. effectively this means that China has started progression on 5th Gen platforms as these developments are a product of nothing but a 5th Gen program.The only possible hurdle IMHO is the engine, but one Chinese poster did indicate that Like PAK-FA and YF-22, the F-XX prototype will be powered by a more matured engine rather than a new product (WS-15). As FC-20 will come later than F-10B, the most probable reason for this delay is that PAF will like the F-10B systems to mature. So FC-20 is likely to Incorporate prodominently Chinese matured systems as West wont be able to offer much on this except Spectra protection suit or a more matured AESA and engine.(like vixen 1000) so in all FC-20 will have almost 80 to 90% Chinese system (personal estimates) and rest may be western engines. PAF will not likely to implement local gadgets for JFT I and II on FC-20 because the reported Chinese systems are likely to be far superior than local systems produced by then and learning on these, PAC will likely to master and implement them on JFT UB which will be coming around 2017-2020. but these are just my personal views, open for discussion. may be siegecrossbow can grace us with his thoughts on my hypothesis