China commissions new aircraft carrier as it seeks to extend power far from its coast
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier and the first that it has both designed and built itself equipped with electromagnetic catapults, seen on right at a naval port in Sanya city in southern China's Hainan Province, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, poses for a group photo with pilots and crew members on the flight deck of the Fujian aircraft carrier unit after attending the commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the aircraft carrier at a naval port, in Sanya, southern China's Hainan Province on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)In this undated file photo released by Xinhua News Agency, crew members work on carrier-based aircraft from left, J-15T jet fighter, KJ-600 AWACS and J-35 stealth fighter jet on the flight deck of China's third conventionally powered aircraft carrier, the Fujian as they conduct the electromagnetic catapult-assisted takeoff and arrested landing trainings on the aircraft carrier during a maiden sea trial. (Li Tang/Xinhua via AP, file)In this Oct. 8, 2025, satellite photo from Planet Labs PBC, the Chinese aircraft carriers Shandong and Fujian are seen at the Yulin Naval Base near Sanya, China. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China's third aircraft carrier and the first that it has both designed and built itself equipped with electromagnetic catapults, seen on right at a naval port in Sanya city in southern China's Hainan Province, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)
