Taiwan says China starts building first aircraft carrier

AFP
Thursday, Nov 5th, 2009

Taiwan said Wednesday that its giant neighbour China has started building its first aircraft carrier, a move analysts have said could raise military tensions in the region.

The head of Taiwan’s National Security Bureau told parliament construction of the carrier had begun, Lin Yu-fang, a legislator of the ruling Kuomintang party, told AFP.

However, the security chief, Tsai Teh-sheng said the carrier’s construction “has not been smooth” and that the Chinese navy may struggle to put it into service by 2012 unless it makes a manufacturing breakthrough soon.

“This is the result of an evaluation not only from (Taiwan’s) National Security Bureau…but also from the Chinese communists,” Tsai said, according to Lin.

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