China launches aircraft carrier, boosting military presence
China has launched a new aircraft carrier, boosting its military presence amid rising tensions in the region.
It is the country's second aircraft carrier, after the Liaoning, and the first to be made domestically.
State media said the unnamed ship was "transferred from dry dock into the water" in the north-eastern port of Dalian. Previous reports said it would be operational by 2020.
It comes amid heated rhetoric between the US and North Korea in recent days.
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