f-35 was designed TO better than F-22, good going peacefull!!! to be cheaper, more tech savvy, and better capabilty in A2A combat!!! f-35 is number 1 hands down, F-22 is a failed project because it requires 30 hours of maintenance for every 1 hour of FLIGHT....
O didn't chninese just order 121 Al-31 engines from Russia, WOW so you really think China has over taken the might russia in aircraft dev???? Su-47 berkut used to send shivers down american defence, Russia claims T-50 was supposed to comebat and be better than f-22!
SO I AM SURE RUSSIANS have a rep to consider!
As for chinese, well i just bought an iphone 4 and also picked one off from the china town a replica ... Looks pretty decent from the outside BUT ITS NOT ORGINAL and it will probably break in few day! So now you tell me china has the ability to make knockoff of iphones , so it can now make better planes than Russians and Americans???? pride .... hahahahah see what it does to one
F-35 was not designed to be "better" than the F-22. The F-22 was concieved as a purely air-superioty fighter, whereas the F-35 was meant to be a much cheaper all-rounder that could do it all. The F-35 is much less stealthy, less manuevrable and has a subsonic cruise speed. Once the F-22 avionics have been updated, it would litreally buttf*ck F-35s in any air-to-air duel. Why do you think that the US will be exporting the F-35 and not the F-22?
As for China importing AL-31s, this has been answered many times and there is a very recent thread on the topic so I suggest you spend some time reading that to educate yourself.