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blue-water navy
![With Its New Aircraft Carrier, Is China Now a Blue Water Navy? With Its New Aircraft Carrier, Is China Now a Blue Water Navy?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-01-09-10.jpg)
With Its New Aircraft Carrier, Is China Now a Blue Water Navy?
By James Maclaren
China recently commissioned its first indigenous aircraft carrier and took another step toward altering the military balance of power.
![Going Blue: The Transformation of China’s Navy Going Blue: The Transformation of China’s Navy](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2016-04-15_13-24-06.jpg)
Going Blue: The Transformation of China’s Navy
By Andrew Poulin
Chinese naval vessels are increasingly operating father and farther away from their home waters.
![Confirmed: China Is Building a Second Aircraft Carrier Confirmed: China Is Building a Second Aircraft Carrier](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-02-02_15-25-19.jpg)
Confirmed: China Is Building a Second Aircraft Carrier
By Shannon Tiezzi
The carrier will be China’s second, but the first to be indigenously-built.
![South China Sea Update: Freedom of Navigation Operations and International Law South China Sea Update: Freedom of Navigation Operations and International Law](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-29_22-44-06.jpg)
South China Sea Update: Freedom of Navigation Operations and International Law
By Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran
The Diplomat's Ankit Panda and Prashanth Parameswaran discuss recent developments in the South China Sea.
![‘Blue-Water’ Navies in the Indian Ocean Region ‘Blue-Water’ Navies in the Indian Ocean Region](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-21_09-37-48.jpg)
‘Blue-Water’ Navies in the Indian Ocean Region
By Abhijit Singh
What Indian and Chinese positions on their “blue-water” status says about strategy in the IOR.
![Blue Means Blue: China’s Naval Ambitions Blue Means Blue: China’s Naval Ambitions](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2014-01-07_11-55-55.jpg)
Blue Means Blue: China’s Naval Ambitions
By Henry Holst
Numerous articles in Chinese state media suggest it has an ambitious agenda for its navy.
![INS Vikramaditya and the Aircraft Carrier Debate INS Vikramaditya and the Aircraft Carrier Debate](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/INS_Vikramaditya_during_trials.jpg)
INS Vikramaditya and the Aircraft Carrier Debate
By Abhijit Singh
A new carrier like India’s does more than just denote blue-water capability.
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