The Chinese Navy in show of force

The Chinese navy is about to unveil next week new buildings, including several nuclear-powered submarines and destroyers, during a maritime parade marking the 70th anniversary of its creation.

Deputy Navy Commander Qiu Yanpeng, who was speaking to the press in Qingdao port south of Beijing on Saturday, said the Liaoning aircraft carrier would be associated with the demonstration scheduled for Tuesday.

Purchased in 1998 from the Ukrainian Navy and modernized in China, Liaoning is the first aircraft carrier whose Chinese navy has been equipped.

A second aircraft carrier, designed and manufactured entirely Chinese, came out of the Dalian shipyards and was put to sea at the end of April 2017. Its sea trials began almost a year ago......