China commissioned its first domestically engineered aircraft carrier, the Fujian, at a ceremony attended by President Xi Jinping on Hainan island, marking a significant advance in Beijing's ambition to build a "world-class" military capable of challenging US naval dominance by mid-century.
The carrier, China's third and first domestically built from scratch, represents one of the most visible examples of Xi's military modernisation campaign targeting a fully modernised force by 2035, state news agency Xinhua reported Friday.
