China Transforms Aircraft Carrier into Hotel
Jason Lee / Reuters
Floating Hotel
A visitor walks out of a shop on China's first hotel made out of a decommissioned Soviet aircraft carrier, August 16, 2011. The hotel, which is being outfitted with furnishings, is scheduled to open sometime this year at the Binhaf Aircraft military theme park on the outskirts of Tianjin.
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