China launches second aircraft carrier that is first built at home

Warship is due to go into service in 2020 when it will join existing carrier, the Soviet-era Liaoning, bought secondhand from UkraineChina has launched its first domestically built aircraft carrier, which will join an existing one bought secondhand from Ukraine, amid rising tensions over North Korea and worries about Beijing’s assertiveness in the South China Sea. State media said the carrier, designed in China and built in the north-east port of Dalian, was not expected to enter service u