China is copying a new "Titanic" 1,000 kilometers from the sea

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A replica of the famous "Titanic" ship, of its natural size, began to appear in the depths of the Chinese countryside, but this copy will never sink and you will never see the sea because it is located in the middle of the fields, where an amusement park is established dedicated to this ship, whose sinking is a landmark historical event. .

Four cranes top a huge dry dock on the banks of a river in Sining (southwestern China), where workers wearing yellow protective helmets are busy working around the hull of a giant ship.

This workshop will eventually produce a giant replica of the "Titanic", the ship that sank more than a century ago in the Atlantic Ocean and whose sinking killed more than 1,500 passengers and crew.

Soo Shaojun, who was behind the idea, said it was a "very complex project".

"We are building a ship the size of an aircraft carrier," but on the ground, he added in front of a model of the ship in his office.

The nearest sea to Cening is more than a thousand kilometers away.

But the entrepreneur is convinced that the curious will nevertheless come to visit the "Titanicland" theme park dedicated to the ship.

The project, costing 10 billion yuan (1.4 billion dollars), is scheduled to open at the end of the year.

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