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In August 2011, China's first aircraft carrier began sea trials. Given that this ship is a refurbished former Soviet aircraft carrier, not the catamaran-style design shown here, and China reportedly plans to build up to three additional clones of the carrier in the long term, it's unlikely the pictures displayed below are conceptual images of a new ultra modern Chinese design concept aircraft carrier currently under construction. We could find no documentation that China is currently engaged in building a craft like the one shown here, or has any plans to do so. The origin of these images is unknown to us and may have no connection with the Chinese military: Example: [Collected via e-mail, August 2011]
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