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It still is a rather odd choice of modification to be relegated to a display team bird. Unless the modification did not yield the results warranted for operational types and was simply decided to not waste the jet.
Yet, the fact that the jet went through this whole thing only to end up straight with the Aug 1st team is a very confusing choice indeed.
It is possible that he bird is intentionally sent to the Aug-1 because CAC has been authorized to sell the J-10c beyond Chinese shores after successful sales to Pakistan and so it may become the J-10 demo bird at international airshows for what may be a J-10CE version.
On a related note, do you think there is any truth to the rumors that Pakistan will acquire an additional 30 J-10?