Heh, I remember Varyag causing a stir in Istanbul when it was towed under the Bosphorus bridge because of its height. Then papers wrote it was bought by China to be converted into a floating theme park. It's now being tested as an aircraft carrier.
Here is what BBC had to say about this in 2001: "A floating casino".
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China's first aircraft carrier launches amid regional tensionsSea trials of former Soviet craft underline China's naval ambitions and fuel concerns about growing military strength
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