(Sonstiges) Chinas Trägerprogramm

[Erich]

In dem Artikel (ziemlich lang) ist auch von den Blaupausen der Spanier die Rede, ansonsten beschreibt der Artikel sehr genau die bisherige Entwicklung
(eine der umfassendsten Berichte, die ich bisher gesehen habe)
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CHINA’S AIRCRAFT CARRIER AMBITIONS
Seeking Truth from Rumors
For more than a decade there have been persistent reports that the People’s Republic of China (PRC) intends to acquire an aircraft carrier force as part of its ambition to achieve “blue-water” (high seas) naval capability. Some reports suggest that China plans to refit one or more aircraft carriers from the former Soviet Union or other countries. Others claim that China has investigated the possibility of buying a light aircraft carrier from a European shipbuilder. Other reports suggest China has already made the decision to build two or three indigenous carriers and has even allocated funding for the program.....

und inzwischen meldet sich wieder Uncle Sam zu Wort:
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U.S. Pressing EU to Uphold Arms Embargo Against China
Rights Abuses, Security Cited; France, Germany Back Beijing
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, January 31, 2004; Page A18
BEIJING, Jan. 30 -- The Bush administration has quietly lodged a series of formal protests with the European Union and its members in an attempt to persuade the body not to lift its 14-year ban on weapons sales to China, according to diplomats from several European countries.
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es bleibt auch 2004 noch spannend