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Thursday, January 10, 2008

China Renames The Varyag

In China sailors and civilians working on the former Russian aircraft carrier Varyag, report that the ship will soon be officially renamed to the Shi Lang (after the Chinese general who took possession of Taiwan in 1681, the first time China ever paid any attention to the island). The Chinese have been refurbishing the Varyag, one of two Kuznetsov class that Russia began building in the 1980s, for several years now.

The Varyag has been tied up in a Chinese shipyard at Dailan since 2002. While the ship is under guard, it can be seen from a nearby highway. From that vantage point, local military and naval buffs have noted that some kind of work is being done on the ship.

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