HONG KONG (Reuters) -The commissioning of China's latest aircraft carrier this week marks a new chapter in its military modernisation effort but security analysts and regional diplomats say tough ...

WASHINGTON(AP) — With the commissioning of its third aircraft carrier, China now boasts the second largest number of such ships in the world, though it still lags far behind the 11 operated by the U.S ...

A recent Department of Defense report indicated that China would seek to build an additional six aircraft carriers for the ...

Summary and Key Points: The J-35 is China’s answer to the F-35, and the recent test flights of the J-35A and J-35B variants signal a massive shift in the balance of power in the Pacific. -While the ...

That prediction would see China building aircraft-carriers at more than twice the clip of America, which plans to build only three of them over the same period. But America also plans to retire three ...

China took a major step in realizing its regional and global military ambitions when it launched its third aircraft carrier since 2012. Commissioned during a November ceremony at the People's ...

Recently, the aircraft carrier formation Fujian of the PLA Navy conducts multi-subject maritime training, marking the first ...

The Fujian is undoubtedly impressive—but its aircraft sortie rates still trail far behind comparable US carriers due to a handful of critical design flaws. For the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) ...

China is working hard to catch up to the United States in terms of naval superiority. Here's how many ships it plans to build ...

The Fujian’s recent passage through the Taiwan Strait was a show of military might—similar to the US Navy’s periodic “freedom of navigation operations.” The United States and the self-ruling island of ...

BANGKOK — China began sea trials of its most advanced amphibious assault ship on Friday, only a week after commissioning its latest aircraft carrier as part of the rapid modernization of its navy, ...