China on Thursday confirmed it is building a second aircraft carrier, as neighbours worry about Beijing's new assertiveness to claims in the South China Sea.
Government confirms building second aircraft carrier
Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said the carrier had been designed in China and was being built in the port of Dalian.
China's President Xi Jinping speaks during a Forum on China-Africa Cooperation in Sandton, Johannesburg, December 4, 2015. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
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Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun said the carrier had been designed in China and was being built in the port of Dalian.
The construction drew on experiences from the country's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, bought from Ukraine in 1998 and refitted in China.
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