This was certainly a high-pucker-factor series of tests. As usual, there is not a lot of detail in the article, but the video shows a few interesting features. On short final, the plane is shown making fairly large pitch excursions on the strength of the large horizontals. It's not clear whether or not the pitch control in that shot, which seemed a bit "loose" for comfortable carrier ops, was actually taken as the plane came aboard, or if that was from another pass. The ski-jump takeoff seemed to go smoothly, with the plane sustaining what looked like a 10-to-15 degree climb angle, but there is no way to tell what the gross weight was during that sequence.
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1090483/china-announces-successful-flight-test-aircraft-carrier-it-unveils-new
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