Timesofindia: China launches its second aircraft carrier
The Chinese government claimed that the new carrier was entirely home
built although there were reports that it may be based on the design of
the first one, which was bought from Russia. The second carrier, which
has still not been named, is larger than Liaoning, the first one, and
hence capable of carrying more fuel and last longer in the waters.
The 1,033-foot long carrier is expected to be formally commissioned before 2020, after sea trials and the arrival of its full air complement. This is China's first Type 001A class carrier with a displacement of 50,000 metric tones which will serve as a base fighter jets, helicopters and a range of sea monitoring devices.
China's neighbors including India and Japan would be watching the evolving situation very carefully, experts said. "[The new carrier] is likely to be seen as further evidence of China's desire to become the most powerful and influential country in the region," The Guardian quoted Michael Chase, an expert on the Chinese military at US thinktank the Rand Corporation, as saying. That would be especially worrying to Indian security analysts who were already concerned about Beijing's ambitions in the Indian Ocean, he said.
China's first aircraft carrier, which was launched in 2011, was built around a rusting Soviet-era hull from Ukraine in 1998.
China BUILDs. India BUYs
China relies on self. India BEGs others for technology transfer.
Chinese college graduates work for China.
Indian IIT/IIS graduates BEG for H1 visa to work for US.
China makes low quality goods specifically for poor and cheap Indians.
India has no quality because it can't make anything
Explains why one is a real superpower and the other a real joke. Now do the Bollywood dance and yell Jai Hind! Pathetic...