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This Artist rendition shows a full-scale replica of the Titanic ocean liner built by Seven Star Energy Investment Group.
A company in southwestern China has announced plans to build a full-scale replica of the Titanic, the passenger ship that famously sank in 1912. The Seven Star Energy Investment Group, based in Sichuan Province, said it would spend 1 billion renminbi, or about $164 million, to build an ocean liner that would be moored on a river bank as a tourist attraction. The original ill-fated ocean liner has been the subject of immense fascination in China, particularly after the release of the James Cameron's 1997 film "Titanic," which was the highest-grossing film in China for more than a decade. Seven Star is a little-known private company involved in electricity generation. It grabbed headlines after it held a news conference in Hong Kong to announce plans to build the Titanic replica based on the design of a sister ship, the Olympic. Seven Star said it planned to have the ship, which will be built at the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation's Wuchang shipyard, serve as the centerpiece of a theme park in Daying County, in Sichuan Province. The company said it intended to complete the park, which was first announced at a trade fair in October, by 2016. Su Shaojun, chairman of Seven Star, told the state news agency Xinhua that the replica ship would include features that recreate the experience of hitting an iceberg. The "pinnacle of the spirit of human responsibility" was revealed as passengers tried to save one another as the ship went down, Mr. Su said.
