"China has the capability to build aircraft carriers, and should do so," he added.

他还说：“中国有能力建造航母，而且也应该这样做。”

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Yearss ago, China proclaimed she will not build aircraft carriers because they do not meddle into other countries' business like what USA is doing.

数年以前，中国曾宣布过她不会建造航母，因为她不会像美国正在做的那样干涉他国事务。 。

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Beijing could build multiple aircraft carriers over the next 15 years, the Pentagon said in a report last year.

五角大楼去年在一份报告中说北京将会在未来15年内建造更多航母。

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Does it build a blue-water navy, does it build aircraft carriers, expand its naval presence around the world?

CNN: U.S. and China: When giants meet

China's intentions may be entirely peaceful, but its plans to build aircraft-carriers are shrouded in secrecy and it is modernising its nuclear arsenal.

ECONOMIST: The People's Republic at 60

She gave details of "truly shocking" waste at the Ministry of Defence and said the senior civil servant at the department should have stepped in to block the contract to build the aircraft carriers.

BBC: Democracy Live site links