It seems more than obvious that weapons are for war, but why a CV?

Taiwan.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-14241674

The whole of the South China Sea. I know, it has their name on it but it isn't theirs. That's why i've pasted a link in so you can look at the pretty map

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It sounds like the most reasonable answer.

In my opinion, in the view of recent weapon technology, a carrier is a big basket with all you eggs in it. I don't see any *power of deterrence* in CVs anymore, or any real practical solution to air force deployment, for that matter.

It seems like the Chinese are saying: *We can too*.

Does anyone of the large Chinese NF player-base shed any insight about this?

War, I don't think so China may have largest number of soldiers in the world,
but they don't have enough military technology to go to War against U.S.

Not yet, but that is what they are building up to. They own a good chunk of the US anyway but if they concentrate on the right techs they could rival the US in a few years. Also, their CV is already outdated. Chinas main focus is their anti-cv subs.

I believe Iran has a total of about 10 million and many countries such as Switzerland and Isreal technically have a force made up of most of their adult populations.