20 January 2014

News Story: China begins building 2nd aircraft carrier - Reports

PLAN Aircraft Carrier Liaoning

BEIJING (PTI): China has begun constructing the second of four planned aircraft carriers, days after its first such warship completed a series of tests and training programmes in the South China Sea.

The ship is being built in the northeastern port of Dalian and will take six years to complete, Wang Min, Communist Party chief for Liaoning province was quoted as saying in media reports on Jan. 18.

Another two are in the pipeline, he said.

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