SHANGHAI -- China launched its largest and most advanced aircraft carrier on Friday at a shipyard in Shanghai, in what state media called a "short but festive ceremony."
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The 80,000-ton ship is the first of China’s three aircraft carriers to be fully designed and built domestically. © Xinhua/Kyodo
SHANGHAI -- China launched its largest and most advanced aircraft carrier on Friday at a shipyard in Shanghai, in what state media called a "short but festive ceremony."