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Top secret: China’s new 70000-tonne monster kept under tight security

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Apr 24 - Beijing has come a long way since it first landed a jet fighter aboard what was originally HMAS Melbourne in 1987. The former Australian aircraft carrier had been sold for scrap. But it proved a source of valuable technical intelligence for an ambitious Chinese military. China surprised the world again …