China’s first home-grown cruise ship will be finished this year. Photo: SCMP Pictures/Handout
China’s first home-grown cruise ship will be finished this year. Photo: SCMP Pictures/Handout

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China’s cruise ship industry is months away from its first home-grown vessel, but what’s to come?

  • Europe has dominated the cruise-ship-building industry for decades, and now China is looking to carve out a piece of the market for itself
  • Already the largest shipbuilding nation in the world, China will soon have completed one of the most technologically advanced modes of seafaring transport

China’s first home-grown cruise ship will be finished this year. Photo: SCMP Pictures/Handout
China’s first home-grown cruise ship will be finished this year. Photo: SCMP Pictures/Handout
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