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China's aircraft carrier program is the centerpiece of its strategy to project force as a global naval power. Not only do Chinese aircraft carriers lend Beijing military prestige, but they will also be instrumental in securing crucial overseas supply lines. China purchased its sole existing carrier, the Liaoning, from Ukraine in 1998 as a stripped hulk. The ship was fully rebuilt in Chinese shipyards and commissioned in September 2012.

China has been working on its first indigenously designed aircraft carrier at the Dalian Shipyard since 2015. Construction has been advancing rapidly, and the ship, which in this video clip is starting to take on the full sahpe of the aircraft carrier, is expected to be finished in late 2017 or earlier 2018