Construction of the Type 002 (CV-18) began in March 2017 at the Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard Group, say reports. It will take years to build and test, before joining the Liaoning and Type 001A Shandong as China’s third aircraft carrier.
Xi Jinping addressed around 7,000 soldiers at a military base in Hebei Province, near Beijing, and ordered the military to be ready for war, a show of strength in anxious times.
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