Is China’s ‘Bohai Monster’ a revival of Soviet-era cargo transport technology?

A large wingship has been spotted in China’s Bohai Sea, revealing Beijing’s progress in developing its own version of the maritime cargo lifter while Washington races to revive this Soviet-era technology.
Two pictures purporting to show the mysterious Chinese wing-in-ground-effect (WIG) craft – dubbed the “Bohai Monster” by some observers – emerged on social media last week, with one giving a full view of it above the water’s surface.
The other image shows the craft sitting on a pier, facing… South China Morning Post