The Saturday edition of the People's Daily, the newspaper of the Communist Party of China, has published a commentary asserting that China has never engaged in any form of arms race and will not do so despite commissioning its first ever aircraft carrier.
After the Liaoning was delivered and commissioned to the People's Liberation Army Navy on Sept. 25, some overseas media were inclined to discuss a possible military threat posed by China, the commentary said.
"It is nothing but a vain attempt to spread rumors about China starting an arms race or to lure China into engaging in an arms race," it said.
The commentary argued against suggestions that it is inappropriate for China to have its own carrier, stressing that the country was the last of the permanent members of the UN Security Council to acquire one and is only the 10th country in the world to do so.
Although China has grown stronger, it will never bully the weak, the commentary said.
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