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Friday, November 29, 2013

Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning anchors for first time at new base in Sanya


China’s aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, has anchored for the first time at the country’s new carrier base in the South China Sea on Friday.

Xinhua said the Liaoning carried out its first docking manoeuvre Friday morning at Sanya City’s naval harbour in the southern island province of Hainan yesterday morning. It said the carrier would conduct relevant experiments and trainings in the new base.

The Sanya naval harbour is qualified for the docking and basic operation of an aircraft carrier, Senior Colonel Yang Yujun, the spokesman for the Ministry of Defence, told a regular news briefing on Thursday.

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