General view of the launching ceremony of China's third aircraft carrier, the Fujian, named after Fujian Province, at Jiangnan Shipyard, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), in Shanghai, China, on June 17, 2022. Li Tang/VCG via Getty Images
China’s Fujian aircraft carrier officially entered service on Nov. 5. Still, state media Xinhua News Agency didn’t report it until two days later, and Beijing’s usual propaganda blitz was nowhere to be found. The commissioning ceremony was noticeably scaled back, and the Chinese Ministry of Defense didn’t even mention it at their press briefing.
Shen Zhou
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Shen Zhou, a former design engineer for military vehicles, is a China observer who has paid close attention to the Chinese regime’s military expansion over the years. He started contributing to The Epoch Times in 2020.
