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China to expand presence in Antarctica with new research bases
2013-12-19 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China will expand its presence in Antarctica by building a fourth research base and finding a site for a fifth, a state-run newspaper said on Thursday, as the country steps up its increasingly far-flung scientific efforts. Chinese scientists are increasingly looking beyond China for their research, including sending submersibles to explore the bottom of the ocean and last weekend landing the country's first probe on the moon. Workers will build a summer field camp called Taishan and look for...
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