Type 001

History: The Type 001 carrier class consists of a single example: Liaoning. It was originally ordered by the Soviet Union and laid down in 1985, but after the Chinese acquired the hull in 1998, it was so completely redesigned that it is effectively a new class.

Type: Carrier

SubType: Conventional

Primary Country: China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around 1.404 billion. Covering approximately 9.6 million square kilometres (3.7 million square miles), it is also the world's second-largest country by land area and third- or fourth-largest by total area, also has the most neighbor countries in the world. Governed by the Communist Party of China, it exercises jurisdiction over 22 provinces, five autonomous regions, four direct-controlled municipalities (Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, and Chongqing), and the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau, also claiming sovereignty over Taiwan.

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