I don't think Chinese navy is much of a concern or blue water for that matter. What good is it when the only countries letting you use their port is on a differ

I don't think Chinese navy is much of a concern or blue water for that matter. What good is it when the only countries letting you use their port is on a different part of the ocean? United States is a true naval and aerial super power. It has air and naval ports all over the world surrounding Russia & China. To walk, you need to crawl first. Just because you built an air craft carrier on a shitty soviet era ship doesn't mean you can flaunt it without seriously risking an international embarassment.