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IMAGES: China's aircraft carrier hotel!

Last updated on: August 22, 2011 08:45 IST


Photographs: Jason Lee/Reuters

Performers dressed as pirates perform next to the decommissioned former Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev at Bagua beach, on the outskirts of northern China's Tianjin.

China's first aircraft carrier luxury hotel, occupying an area of about 6,000 square meters, has entered the stage of internal decoration and will be opened this year inside the 273 meter-long and 53 meter-wide Kiev aircraft carrier, which was sold to a Chinese company in 1996 as a part of a military theme park since 2004.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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A visitor walks out with a bowl of instant noodles from a shop on the decommissioned former Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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An attendant tidies up a presidential suite at a luxury hotel under construction inside the decommissioned former Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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People from the United States dressed as pirates perform next to the decommissioned aircraft carrier Kiev.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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An attendant tidies up a presidential suite at a luxury hotel under construction inside the decommissioned aircraft carrier.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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A boy poses next to a fighter plane on the Kiev.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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A visitor stands under a missile launcher on the decommissioned former Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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Children play next to a rocket launcher on the decommissioned aircraft carrier Kiev.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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An attendant cleans a toilet in a presidential suite at a luxury hotel under construction inside the aircraft carrier.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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A performer practices next to the Kiev.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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An attendant stands in the living room of a presidential suite at a luxury hotel under construction inside the Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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A visitor watches a wash house next to a waxwork inside the Kiev.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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A boy sits on a fuel pod on the Kiev.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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A girl walks through a channel where a game tests the reaction of people to the dizziness inside the decommissioned former Soviet aircraft carrier Kiev.

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China's aircraft carrier hotel!


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A portrait of Soviet revolutionary leader Vladimir Lenin is displayed inside the Kiev.