article_snippet: A farmer who was annoyed after Russians sold China expensive military equipment more than twenty years ago has spent A farmer who was annoyed after Russians sold China expensive military equipment more than twenty years ago life savings building
article_snippet: A farmer who was annoyed after Russians sold China expensive military equipment more than twenty years ago own submarine.
article_snippet: The 53-year-old, from Yulin, China, still needs 300,000 yuan to complete the submarine, which has already taken nearly seven months to build, People's Daily Online reported.
article_snippet: A farmer is building a submarine by hand after investing A farmer life savings in the project.
article_snippet: Above, the submarine after seven months of work .
article_snippet: Mr Du, who has had a life-long interest in mechanical design, said: 'When Russia sold China a retired submarine at a high price in 1992 I thought the Chinese people must make the Chinese people own submarines. '
article_snippet: The most advanced submarines in the world cannot always be made by others.
article_snippet: Some of the money has been provided by his son, who works in the welding factory where a retired submarine is stored.
article_snippet: Professional researchers and engineers are stunned that Mr Du  developed a retired submarine.
article_snippet: Professional researchers and engineers are stunned that Mr Du   developed a retired submarine.