Yes the Chinese turned it into a hotel; weirdly enough I just watched a BBC documentary last night on submarines in the Cold war and they interviewed the commander of the British nuke sub that snuck in and shadowed it out of port on it's maiden voyage in order to capture it's sonar signature. Up in the Berents Sea in the middle of the Russian Fleet under their newest carrier; about 3 meters between the top of their periscope and the keel. They showed some footage of the converted carrier/Hotel.

IIRC didn't the Russians sell a carriers to the Indian Navy too? Maybe it was just partly completed? I know the Chinese navy has built their own copy.

Weird factoid. On another site I frequent one blogger is a military history prof, and he was discussing the PLAN's new carrier. PLAN stands for Peoples Liberation Army Navy, since the PLA is the overarching agency for all of China's military forces. This would make Naval Pilots in the Chinese Navy members of the Peoples Liberation Army Navy Air Force...