"This must be the chinese aircraft carrier first deployment into a warzone also."
Very unlikely the Chinese have sent their aircraft carrier, the only one they have, to Syria. Why would China want to put their only aircraft carrier in harm's way. From what I have read so far, the Chinese are still learning how to use the aircraft carrier and it had only been as far as South China Sea for training exercises.
Yes, it is possible there are some other Chinese naval ships off the coast of Syria as China had had some military exercises with the Russians in the Mediterranean Sea.
