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China reaches 5,000-meter deep-sea drilling milestone
Original: China's deep‑sea drilling capacity hits 5,000‑meter level, becoming the world’s third to retrieve deep-ocean hard‑rock samples
China has pushed its deep-sea drilling capability to the 5,000-meter level, becoming only the third country in the world to retrieve hard-rock samples from deep-ocean seabeds. The advance, reported by state media, underlines Beijing's push into deep-sea exploration technology, an area dominated by a small number of nations and increasingly tied to scientific prestige and potential seabed resources.
Why now: The announcement of a rare technological milestone in deep-sea exploration has just been reported by Chinese state media.
Evidence
- China's deep‑sea drilling capacity hits 5,000‑meter level, becoming the world’s third to retrieve deep-ocean hard‑rock samples · Global Times
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