CHINA-MILITARY: AIRCRAFT CARRIER
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Xu Zengping, a former PLA basketball player was chosen to negotiate the acquisition of the second-hand Varyag aircraft carrier from Russia posing as a businessman. He was quoted on January 20, 2015, as saying that Beijing never repaid the US$120 million it cost him. He told Hong Kong's South China Morning Post newspaper: "I still haven't received one fen (one hundredth of a yuan) from our government. I just handed it over to the navy." Xu Zengping also revealed that, contrary to reports, the ship was still fitted with its original engines at the time it was transported to China.
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