China has just taken another step in the direction of becoming a military power. On Tuesday, it put into service its first aircraft carrier, named the “Liaoning” after China’s northeastern Liaoning Province. According to the Ministry of National Defense, the carrier’s entry into service “has important meaning for raising the level of the modernization of China’s overall naval combat power, enhancing defense combat capabilities, developing the ability for far-sea cooperation in the face of non-traditional threats, and effectively defending national sovereignty [and China’s] security and development interests.”

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