LIAONING PROVINCE, China (Reuters) — China on Wednesday (April 26) launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier, which will join an existing one bought second-hand from the Ukraine, amid rising tensions over North Korea and worries about Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. China’s state broadcaster CCTV aired the footage of the carrier at the launching ceremony on Wednesday morning. State media said the carrier, designed in China and built in the northeast port […]





