China launches 'Fujian,' its most advanced aircraft carrier

Third flattop boasts electromagnetic catapult technology for plane takeoffs

20220617 Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian

The 80,000-ton ship is the first of China’s three aircraft carriers to be fully designed and built domestically. © Xinhua/Kyodo

CK TAN, Nikkei staff writer

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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