BEIJING -- A top navy commander says China plans to operate more aircraft carriers in the future that will be even larger and carry more aircraft than...

BEIJING -- China's defense minister and the U.S. Navy secretary on Tuesday discussed security at sea and plans to bolster the U.S. military presence i...

BEIJING — China's government is mourning a key engineer behind its aircraft carrier program who died of a heart attack after witnessing the firs...

BEIJING -- China has begun flight training on its first aircraft carrier, with photographs posted on websites Monday showing navy pilots practicing to...

BEIJING — China formally entered its first aircraft carrier into service on Tuesday, underscoring its ambitions to be a leading Asian naval powe...

BEIJING — China's first aircraft carrier headed back to sea Tuesday for a second round of sea trials, the Defense Ministry said. The as-yet unn...

China's first aircraft carrier recently slipped from its berth with little fan fare. The start of sea trials of the 1,000 foot long flattop gained little media attention in an America that is, as usual, too caught up in its own angst to notice external threats.

Last week, China sent its first-ever aircraft carrier to sea -- yet another move in a year that has seen Beijing establish a much more combative stance in the South China Sea, alarming the United States and its regional allies.

BEIJING — China's first aircraft carrier swept through fog-shrouded waters Wednesday to open sea trials that underscore concerns about the count...

For decades now, aircraft carriers have been the dominant symbols of military power and technological strength. Nations who develop them have the abil...

Judging from all the alarms coming from Washington's national security establishment, revelation of China's first aircraft carrier poses a major threat to world peace and stability. It does not, but the timing is noteworthy.

BEIJING — China has taken a major step toward commissioning its first aircraft carrier by largely completing the restoration of a derelict ship ...