Editing Liu Huaqing (section)

==== Leading the PLAN ====
Taking over the role of Navy Commander-in-Chief from his predecessor [[Ye Fei]] (who retired due to health problems in 1982), Liu had outlined a three-step process by which China would have a navy of global reach by the second half of the 21st century. In step one, from 2000 to 2010, China would develop a naval force that could operate up to the [[first island chain]].  In step two, from 2010 to 2020, China's navy would become a regional force capable of projecting force to the [[second island chain]].  In step three, to be achieved by 2040, China would possess a [[blue-water navy]] centered around [[aircraft carrier]]s.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dooley|first=Howard J.|jstor=23257908|title=The Great Leap Outward: China's Maritime Renaissance|journal=The Journal of East Asian Affairs|publisher=Institute for National Security Strategy|volume=26|issue=1|page=71|date=Spring–Summer 2012}}</ref> He was a strong advocate of the [[Chinese aircraft carrier programme]].

During that time, Liu was a member of the [[Central Military Commission (China)|Central Military Commission]] (CMC), and was the top commander of the [[People's Liberation Army at Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|troops enforcing martial law]] to suppress the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square protests]] on 3–4 June 1989.<ref>{{cite book |language=zh |author1=Wu Renhua ({{lang|zh|吴仁华}})|script-title=zh:六四事件中的戒严部队 |trans-title=The Martial Law Force in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 |year=2009 |publisher=Truth Publishing House |location=Hong Kong |page= |isbn= }}</ref>