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March 13, 2015

China building second aircraft carrier: PLA colonel
Beijing (AFP) March 13, 2015
China is building its second aircraft carrier, a senior naval officer has told media, the most explicit confirmation yet of a widely expected move that will boost Beijing's maritime power. China's first aircraft carrier was a 300-metre (1,000-foot) Soviet-era vessel bought from Ukraine and commissioned in September 2012 - at the time a milestone for the country's growing military might. Since then "confirmations" from military and government officials of a second domestically built ship have be ... read more

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