The Varyag, an aircraft carrier from the former Soviet Union, is being remodeled at China's Dalian Port. Photo from The Chosun Ilbo.Documents Confirm China's Aircraft Carrier Plans -- Chosun Ilbo
China is planning to build an aircraft carrier according to documents seen by the Asahi Shimbun. The Japanese daily on Thursday quoted the Institute for Ocean Development Strategy, a think tank under China's State Oceanic Administration, as saying in a recent report that Beijing "conceived the idea and worked out a plan in 2009 to build an aircraft carrier."
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