A maverick Australian mining billionaire, Clive Palmer, plans to build the Titanic II and sail it from England to New York by the end of 2016.

特立独行的澳大利亚矿业富豪克莱夫·帕尔默计划出资修建“泰坦尼克2”号游轮，这艘游轮将在2016年底前从英格兰驶往纽约。

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The largesse, which includes trips to a Queensland resort for 50 workers who have joined the company recently, is estimated to have cost Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer $10m.

新加入公司的50名新人也获得了赴澳大利亚昆士兰州旅游的奖励。 这位大方的富豪老板名叫克里夫·帕莫，这一豪举据估计花费近1000万美元。

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Clive Palmer, one of Australia's richest men, has commissioned a Chinese state-owned company to build a 21st Century version of the Titanic.

BBC: Australian billionaire Clive Palmer to build Titanic II

Clive Palmer unveiled blueprints for the famously doomed ship's namesake Tuesday at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York.

WSJ: Billionaire launches plans for Titanic replica

Clive Palmer said Friday he intends to refloat the United Australian Party, a once dominant force in Australian politics that sank without a trace in the 1940s.

NPR: Australian Behind New Titanic Plans Political Bid