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1、纽约时报AsRegionalTensionsRise,ChinaLandsJetonFirstCarrierByEDWARDWONGPublished:November25,2012BEIJING—TheChinesemilitaryhassuccessfullylandedafighterjetontheLiaoning,China’sfirstaircraftcarrier,accordingtoareportonSundaybyXinhua,thestatenewsagency.ChinaCentralTelevisionshow
2、edvideoofthejet,theJ-15,landingonthedeckofthecarrier,whichwasputintoserviceinSeptemberafteryearsofconstructionwork.Thevideoalsoshowedthejet,whichispaintedyellowwiththenumber552inredbeneaththecockpit,successfullytakingofffromthecarrier.ManyChineseandforeignersconsidertheL
3、iaoningasymbolofChina’smilitarymodernizationanditsdesiretoextenditscombatcapacity.Butthecarrierwillnotbecombat-readyforsometime,andforeignanalystssayChina’smilitaryabilitiesandbudgetstilllagfarbehindthoseoftheUnitedStates,whichisChina’sgreatestrivalforinfluenceintheweste
4、rnPacific.ChinaboughtthecarrieryearsagofromUkraine,whereithadbeencalledtheVaryag.TheXinhuareportsaidthecarrierhadundergoneaseriesof“sailingandtechnologicaltests”sinceSept.25,whenitwasformallyputintoservicebythePeople’sLiberationArmy,whosenavyismodernizingmorerapidlythana
5、nyothermilitarybranch.Xinhuasaidthecarrierhadcompletedmorethan100trainingandtestingexercises.TheJ-15jetwasdesignedandmadeinChina,theXinhuareportsaid,andisthenation’s“first-generationmultipurposecarrier-bornefighterjet.”Itcancarryantishipair-to-airandair-to-groundmissiles
6、aswellasprecision-guidedbombs,thenewsagencysaid.ThejetiscomparabletoRussia’sSu-33andtheF-18intheUnitedStates,accordingtoXinhua.Chinesepilotshadbeenlimitedtosimulatedcarrierlandingsonconcretestripsonland,YouJi,avisitingseniorresearchfellowattheNationalUniversityofSingapor
7、e,saidinaninterviewinSeptember.TherehaslongbeentalkthatChinahasmoreaircraftcarriersunderconstructionaroundShanghai,butthosereportshaveyettobeofficiallyconfirmed.Naviesneedsaminimumofthreecarrierstomaintainaconstantseapresence,militaryexpertssay.Foryears,thethreatofhostil
8、itiesintheTaiwanStraitdrovemuchoftheChineseNavy’smodernizationplans,andtheriskofaconflictthereinvolving
