East China Sea

2 Chinese aircraft carriers are operating in the Pacific for the first time. Why?

2 Chinese aircraft carriers are operating in the Pacific for the first time. Why?

  • Two Chinese aircraft carriers operating together for the first time in the Pacific fuel concern about Beijing’s rapidly expanding military activity far beyond its borders
  • China routinely sends coast guard vessels, warships and warplanes to areas around the disputed East China Sea islands, but never east of the second-island chain until now
By AP ·