what does the writing "001 A" at 1.32 means?
First of all, that programme on CCTV-4 is "海峡两岸" which isn't official what so ever in terms of Chinese military hardware naming concern.
Secondly, the presenter was simply quoting a newspaper in the US calling it Type-001A. Again, what's the point?
Come on man, clearly you understand Chinese perfectly, and at the same time you really like the idea of calling China's 2nd carrier Type-001A. But, could you stop using these invalid Chinese video clips to confuse people here don't understand Chinese, please? The fact still is that China (PLAN) has never called their 2nd carrier Type-001A, BUT they have several times used "Carrier Number 002" to identify their 2nd carrier. That's the fact, full stop...