|Chinese President Hu Jintao, also chairman of the Central
Military Commission (CMC), inspects the guard of honor on the
aircraft carrier "Liaoning" at a naval base in Dalian, northeast
China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 25, 2012. China's first
aircraft carrier "Liaoning" was delivered and commissioned to
the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Tuesday
after years of refitting and sea trials. (Photo/Xinhua)| China’s
first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was formally delivered to
the Chinese navy on Sept. 25, which is just an important and
normal move in the development course of the Chinese navy.
However, certain foreign media outlets deliberately
misinterpreted it as a reflection of China’s maritime
expansionism, saying the carrier would pose a threat to China’s
neighboring countries and upset the geo-strategic balance in the
Asia-Pacific region. In recent years, even the slightest move by
the Chinese armed forces would attract the attention of many
foreign media outlets, not to mention the cons