Chinese aircraft carrier formation returns after routine training

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File photo of the aircraft carrier Liaoning of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua)

QINGDAO, May 1 (Xinhua) -- China's Liaoning aircraft carrier formation Thursday returned to a military port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, after nearly one month of trans-theater training in the far seas.

The training was a routine arrangement in the annual plan, featuring a long duration, many subjects, high intensity and complicated air and sea situations, said a military statement, noting that the formation's far seas training in real combat conditions has improved and its integrated combat capability has got tested. ■