TOKYO -- China is forging ahead with building a fleet of homemade aircraft carriers, wielding great psychological power over its neighbors despite still trailing American naval power in terms of hardware and experience.
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China plows ahead with aircraft carrier buildup
Program lags behind US technologically but still unnerves neighbors
China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Type 001A, left port in Dalian this month to begin sea tests ahead of schedule.
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