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China's aircraft carrier hotel!

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

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

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

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

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

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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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A performer practices next to the Kiev.

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

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A boy sits on a fuel pod on the Kiev.

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

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