China mulls building aircraft carriers
China mulls building aircraft carriers
About 30 aircraft carriers are in service around the world, and China is the only one among the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council that does not have one.
Major General Qian Lihua, director of the foreign affairs office of the ministry, told the UK’s Financial Times last month that China has every right to possess carriers.
“Even if one day we have an aircraft carrier, unlike other countries, we will not use it to pursue global deployment or global reach,” he said.
As for the Chinese naval mission in Somali waters, senior military officials said yesterday the navy is “confident and capable of fulfilling the task”.
Senior Colonel Ma Luping said the Chinese warships might encounter complex problems as “the situation there is complicated”. “But there is nothing we cannot overcome,” he said.
