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US-China relations

Opinion | Mark 2025. It’s the year China became a peer power to America

China not only forced a trade war backdown, it displayed its hi-tech military might from the waters off Australia to the skies near Japan.

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PLA’s Fujian aircraft carrier transits Taiwan Strait as Taipei watches closely

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Top honours for engineers spotlight China’s gains in military technology

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China’s military drills

China’s Fujian carrier completes first training shortly after entering service

‘First maritime live-force training’ since November 5 commissioning comes at a time of growing tensions with Japan over Taiwan comments.

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The Fujian practised multiple catapult launches and arrested landings with its ship-based aircraft, according to state media. Photo: CCTV
China’s military drills

China’s aircraft carriers put to ‘train-as-you-fight’ test beyond island chains

PLA Daily sheds new light on navy’s drills to increase launch frequency and far-sea combat readiness.

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South China Sea

Opinion | How does China’s modernising navy stack up against the US seventh fleet?

Between what the US can sustain in the region vs what China can concentrate near its shores, the calculation increasingly favours Beijing.

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Images suggest China is building its first nuclear-powered carrier

War Zone report says hull of Type 004 being built in Dalian has what might be a reactor containment structure.

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China’s new Type 004 aircraft carrier is under construction at the Dalian shipyard in the northeastern province of Liaoning. Photo: X/Tokcoslsp
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Meet Ma Weiming, the Chinese naval genius behind the Fujian’s catapult

Ma, father of the carrier’s electromagnetic launch system, is among a select few at the vessel’s commissioning ceremony.

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Editorial | New Fujian carrier shows China’s tech prowess, commitment to peace

China’s third aircraft carrier offers further proof that the country is a force to reckon with in research and defence.

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How did the Chinese navy train talent for the Fujian aircraft carrier?

The process of training operators for the electromagnetic launch catapult on the newly commissioned warship may have started back in 2017.

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President Xi Jinping met Fujian crew members at last week’s commissioning ceremony. Photo: Xinhua
China’s navy

Is PLA aviator Cui Yuzhong on track to be the Chinese navy’s new commander?

Vice-Admiral Cui was seen briefing the president at the commissioning of the Fujian aircraft carrier last week.

Vice-Admiral Cui Yuzhong has served in all three of China’s fleets. Photo: Handout
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Will China’s new aircraft carrier tilt the power balance in the western Pacific?

The Fujian is the PLA Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier and it is expected to be used to project global power.

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China’s Pacific power takes strategic leap with new carrier

The commissioning of the Fujian, China’s third aircraft carrier, extends the nation’s reach into the Pacific, provided it can overcome the challenges of operating a blue-water navy.

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China’s Fujian carrier on track for rapid combat readiness. Will there be more?

China has the potential to produce more aircraft carriers, including nuclear-powered ones, according to state media.

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China’s Fujian aircraft carrier is commissioned at a naval port in Sanya in south China’s Hainan province on Wednesday. Photo: Xinhua
China’s aircraft carriers

China’s third aircraft carrier enters service

The Fujian, China’s first self-developed aircraft carrier, entered service on Wednesday after about 18 months of sea trials. The vessel launches planes with electromagnetic catapults, a technology previously only used by the US.

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China’s most advanced aircraft carrier, the Fujian, enters service

World’s largest conventionally powered warship makes China the second country to field a carrier with electromagnetic catapults after the US.

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Is China’s new Type 076 drone carrier starting key catapult test?

Claims have appeared on Chinese social media that PLA’s most advanced amphibious warship, the Sichuan, has been undergoing systems testing.

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Is China’s Fujian carrier ready to enter service? These pictures may be a clue

Country’s most advanced carrier was pictured next to the older Shandong in Hainan after completing what may be its final set of sea trials.

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The Shandong in the foreground is berthed next to the Fujian at a base in Sanya, Hainan province. Photo: X/ RupprechtDeino
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China’s drone-carrying amphibious assault ship expected to start sea trials

Newly released images of the Type 076 vessel have generated speculation that it is ready for a new phase of testing.

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Is China’s J-35 fighter jet stealthier than the US’ F-35?

State media suggests that the Chinese aircraft has a radar cross-section about the size of a human palm.

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China flexes western Pacific muscle with Fujian launches: analysts

Successful tests aboard world’s largest conventionally powered warship said to send signal to US about competition in second island chain.

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In this undated photo released on Tuesday by Xinhua, a J-35 stealth fighter jet takes off from the Fujian, a Chinese aircraft carrier, at an undisclosed location. Photo: Xinhua via AP
China’s navy

Landmark launch for China’s J-35 stealth jet from Fujian aircraft carrier

In a boost to naval power, fighter takes off via vessel’s electromagnetic catapults for first time.

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The carrier-based J-15T, J-35 (pictured) and KJ-600 aircraft have completed their inaugural electromagnetic catapult-assisted take-off and landing tests on the Fujian aircraft carrier. Photo: Xinhua
China’s navy

Will the Fujian aircraft carrier find its home port in the South China Sea?

If based at Sanya, as expected, two of China’s three active carriers will be stationed at Southern Theatre Command base.

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PLA warship the Fujian heads to South China Sea. Is it about to enter service?

Chinese navy says the warship is on ‘routine mission’ as speculation builds that it could soon be commissioned.

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China’s Fujian carrier leaves port, adding to signs it will soon enter service

Images on social media hint at the advanced aircraft carrier’s impending commission.

Some believe the Fujian may be sailing to Sanya, a key military port in south China. Photo: Handout
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China’s Fujian carrier may join service next month, CCTV video suggests

Video draws parallel between Japanese naval incursions and the Fujian’s readiness to enter service, days before Beijing’s Victory Day parade.

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Once commissioned, the Fujian will make China the only nation besides the United States to operate carriers with electromagnetic catapults. Photo: CCTV
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China’s Fujian carrier conducted catapult take-off drill, CCTV show suggests

Footage in CCTV series for 98th PLA anniversary marks key milestone for China’s first catapult-equipped carrier ahead of service.

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China’s aircraft carriers

PLA’s aircraft carrier goals

China’s third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, is expected to be commissioned this year as the country seeks to build up its naval power and narrow the gap with the US carrier fleet.

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