Earlier this week I asked by email those nice people at Zvezda (whom I visited in 2005) whether or not they had ever sold an Orlan suit to the Chinese government. This is the reply.
“Dear Rob,
We are not in the position to confirm or disprove this information.
We congratulate you and your colleagues with the Victory Day!
Best regards,
Boris A. Ivanov
Foreign Business Relations
“RD&PE Zvezda” JSC”
Victory day, by the way, for the Russians, is 9 May, the day in 1945 when apparently the Allies signed Germany’s unconditional surrender, so I am told