Key Point: China’s carrier fleet is still a work in progress. Is China’s newest aircraft carrier half-full or half-empty? That depends on how you look at the vessel’s aircraft capacity.

The Type 001 aircraft carrier, China's first indigenously-produced carrier and the country's second after the Liaoning, followed suit Monday. The focus of the carrier trials, the second this year ...

The People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) currently operates two aircraft carriers, the Type 001 Liaoning (CVS-16) and the Type 002 Shandong (CVS-17), while its third flattop, the Type 003 Fujian ...