The battle proven J10 C may not be the best aircraft in the Chinese arsenal. But given the aircraft available today around the world, no aircraft can think of surviving a fight with the J10 C.
The Rafales are the best in Europe, ranked only behind the American F22. This ranking is fishy as the Americans have decided not to produce the F22 any more. Can you believe it, the Americans voluntarily surrender the top spot to the French? The F35 is a joke, good enough only because of American bragging, and actually ranked a few notches below the Rafales.
So, if the J10 C can beat the world's de facto best aircraft, the Rafales, there is no more better aircraft in the western world that would stand a chance in real combat against the J10 C. Unless users or military top brass still choose to believe the western biased reports and analyses and trust western fiction than facts.
None of the American or European companies has a new aircraft on the drawing board or being tested today. And by the look of things, such an aircraft would only be in production at least 10 years in the future. It can safely be concluded that the J10 C would rule the sky for now and in the immediate future if the enemy countries are American, European or countries buying and using American and European aircraft.
The J10 C is the best aircraft in terms of pricing and effectiveness and battle proven. There is no need to buy anything better, and there is nothing better from the Americans and the Europeans for now and the next 10 or 20 years. How many countries would still want to buy the French sales talks and pay more than $150m or like India, paying $240 million for the lies? India is hurting badly from this very expensive lie and looking like a sucker to the whole world. Any more suckers in the queue? Any air marshals dare to recommend the Rafales and to be sacked, like the two in India?
There is no need to buy a Ferrari when your opponents are driving Japanese, Korean, European or American cars, unless it is just for show, with too much money to spend. The J10 C would be more than adequate to do the job for a fraction of the money spent, very kind on the budget and will last for 10 to 20 years at least.
By the time the Americans or Europeans start to roll out something new, 6th gen aircraft, it would be a couple of decades from now. There will be better and more expensive aircraft than the J10 C available.