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Monday, August 15, 2011

Chinese carrier ends sea trials

Varyag - Shi langChina's first aircraft carrier returned to Dalian yesterday after completing her initial sea trials.

The carrier was towed back to the port in northeast China's Liaoning Province by tugboats at 10:45am after four days of tests in the Yellow Sea, Xinhua news agency reported.

Firecrackers and cheers erupted from the shipyard when seven tugboats, one at the carrier's bow, two portside and four at the stern, guided the warship in. A banner at the port read: "Welcome the aircraft carrier's triumphant return."

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