China Shows Off an Aircraft Carrier but Experts Are Skeptical graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/09/26/world/26china_aircraft_image/26iht-china_image-popup.jpg The carrier was a discarded vessel bought from Ukraine in 1998 and refurbished by China. September 25, 2012 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/26/world/asia/china-shows-off-an-aircraft-carrier-but-experts-are-skeptical.html