Cirrus is a small establishment, and if Cirrus have no access to sensitive technology or critical patents, and helps to keep people employed, the deal can still easily passed through. After all, Cirrus craft is still "Made in the US of A".
That's just what they were saying. It's a really simple and neat aircraft, just what you want for its functions.
In the current economic circumstances AVIC won a nice company that will at some time build a second production plant in China at no doubt a very reasonable price..