Is This What China's Next Aircraft Carrier Will Look Like?

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Aircraft Carrier Model Shows China’s Naval Ambitions -- Shahryar Pasandideh, The Diplomat

Photos of a possible new carrier design indicate a change in strategy for China’s navy.

Recently featured imagery on Chinese internet forums appears to indicate — with the usual caveats — what China’s first indigenous aircraft carrier might look like. Apparently taken at a shipping exhibition held in China’s Guangdong province from June 6-8, the same exhibition where a model of a possible new variant of the Type 032 Qing-class submarine was displayed, the pictures of the model aircraft carrier may possibly provide some insight into China’s naval ambitions.

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My Comment: Cannot tell much from these pictures .... but it is clear that the Chinese are serious in building their own version of an aircraft carrier.

Update: This is interesting .... Reports on PLA's aircraft carrier ambitions overinflated -- Want China Times