DPRKPTboat said:They'll probably name it how the Americans name it - after a political leader. I think they might name it after Mao Zedong or possibly Deng Xiaoping.
They might name it after a general though. Who was the commander of Chinese forces in the Korean War?
Or they could name it after a major city like Shanghai. I'm not sure if this will be a training carrier. It could start off as a instrument to train Chinese carrier crews, then once they are trained, it should become an official carrier - i don't see why the Chinese would spend even more money on a new carrier right after launching the Varyag.
That will be a record, as no PLAN ships have ever been named after people before. Cities they were named after. The RoCN on the other hand has ships named after famous... generals. Odd, isn't it? I suppose there aren't enough famous admirals in ancient China compared to generals.
MIGleader said:hers my guesses for how the ship is named:
1. shi lang is the name of a famous Chinese admiral, who lived in the ming dynasty. He worked under the famous admiral Zheng Chang gong, who recaptured taiwan from the dutch. how ironic.
2. under a different ying diao(pronouciation), shi lang means "test group" or "first of a kind"in chiense. this is a highly relevant name
3. under yet another ying diao, shi lang can mean "riding the waves". This isnt as likely as guess two.
1. Your information must be very different from mine. Shi Lang served in both Ming and Qing navies, first under Zheng (where he was undistinguished, and certainly not responsible for taking of Taiwan from Dutch), then in Qing Imperial Navy. It was under the Qing that he captured Taiwan, from Zheng Chenggong.
2. My Chineses, it is rusty, can you provide the actual characters, or at least the tone number?
3. See above
netspider said:That would be Pen Dehuai
Although "Shi Liang" is a good name for Varyag, I would expect it to be named after "Qi Jiguang", a famous general in Ming Dynasty who defeated Japanese pirates.
If I am correct in remembering (and transliterating), it should be 'Peng' (Пен Дехуей).
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