{"id":149525,"date":"2026-04-12T08:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149525"},"modified":"2026-04-12T08:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T08:00:11","slug":"how-chinas-fake-titanic-sank-like-a-stone-and-became-a-symbol-of-local-excess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=149525","title":{"rendered":"How China\u2019s fake Titanic sank like a stone \u2013 and became a symbol of local excess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWhen Su Shaojun launched an audacious plan to build a life-size replica of the Titanic, he felt he was on to a sure-fire winner. After all, James Cameron\u2019s iconic 1997 film had been a worldwide hit \u2013 including in China, where it had grossed over US$200 million.<br \/>\nAt a press event to unveil the project in 2014, Su invited the actor Bernard Hill \u2013 who played the captain of the Titanic in the film \u2013 to appear alongside him as he told the assembled reporters in Hong Kong that his company aimed to&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3349667\/how-chinas-fake-titanic-sank-stone-and-became-symbol-local-excess?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostWhen Su Shaojun launched an audacious plan to build a life-size replica of the Titanic, he felt he was on to a sure-fire winner.&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149525"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=149525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=149525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=149525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=149525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}