The Chinese navy launched its third aircraft carrier on Friday — and named it after the province directly across from Taiwan. The Fujian features a full-length flight deck and a modern catapult system, an improvement over the two other aircraft carriers in the Chinese fleet — the Shandong, built in 2019, and the Liaoning, a refitted carrier purchased second-hand from Ukraine in the ’90s.The Fujian was launched to much celebratory pomp, Chinese state media reported, with dozens of naval personnel singing the Chinese national anthem as the ship departed Jiangnan shipyard in Shanghai.
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