By DAVID RISING, Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — China has commissioned its latest aircraft carrier after extensive sea trials, state media reported Friday, adding a ship that experts say will help what is already the world’s largest navy expand its power farther beyond its own waters.

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, poses for a group photo with pilots and crew members on the flight deck of the Fujian aircraft carrier unit after attending the commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the aircraft carrier at a naval port, in Sanya, southern China’s Hainan Province on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025. (Li Gang/Xinhua via AP)

In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China’s thi

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