On Sunday, China landed a jet on its aircraft carrier for the first time. The vessel only recently came into service, and is part of a initiative to boost military spending.
EnlargeChina?has carried out its first successful landing of a fighter jet on its first aircraft carrier, state media said on Sunday, a symbolically significant development as Asian neighbours fret about the world's most populous country's military ambitions.
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The home-built J-15 fighter jet took off from and landed on the Liaoning, a reconditioned Soviet-era vessel from?Ukraine?which only came into service in September this year.
China?ushered in a new generation of leaders this month at the 18th?Communist Party Congress?in?Beijing, with outgoing President?Hu Jintao?making a pointed reference to strengthening?China's naval forces, protecting maritime interests and the need to "win local war."
China?is embroiled in disputes with the?Philippines?and?Vietnam?over?South China?Sea islands believed to be surrounded by waters rich in natural gas. It has a similar dispute with?Japan?over islands in the?East China?Sea.
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