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

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A visitor looks at a wash house next to a waxwork inside the decommissioned former Soviet aircraft carrier "Kiev" at Bagua beach.JASON LEE

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A boy poses next to a fighter plane on the decommissioned former Soviet aircraft carrier "Kiev".JASON LEE

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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".JASON LEE

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

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A performer practises 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 metres, has entered the stage of internal decoration and will be opened this year inside the 273 metre-long and 53 metre-wide Kiev Aircraft Carrier, which was sold to a Chinese company in 1996 as a part of a military theme park since 2004.JASON LEE

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Performers dressed as pirates perform next to the decommissioned former Soviet aircraft carrier "Kiev".JASON LEE

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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".JASON LEE

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An attendant cleans a toilet in a presidential suite at a luxury hotel under construction inside the decommissioned former Soviet aircraft carrier "Kiev".JASON LEE

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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".JASON LEE

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

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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".JASON LEE

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A boy sits on a missile on the decommissioned former Soviet aircraft carrier "Kiev" for a photo at Bagua beach.JASON LEE

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Children play next to a rocket launcher on the decommissioned former Soviet aircraft carrier "Kiev".JASON LEE

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