China has deployed its indigenously developed ‘Shandong’ aircraft carrier near the Philippines.
According to sources, the ‘Shandong’ was spotted sailing near Luzon Island, some 200 nautical miles from the Philippines.
The carrier’s deployment is considered a response to what Chinese state media described as the Philippines’ “continuous provocations” against Chinese islands and reefs in the South China Sea.
The ‘Shandong’, commissioned in 2019, is China’s second aircraft...