This is a shot of Varyag at the end of last year. This has been her berthing since moving out of drydock. She received a zinc based deck coating and has been repainted in PLAN colours.
The Chinese are also interested in purchasing Su-33 Flanker Ds. In October of 2006, the Kommersant online newspaper in Moscow announced a deal between Russia and China where the Russians sell up to 50 Su-33 fighters to China for $2.5 billion.