China planning 200m state of the art icebreaker for service in 2014

Monday, April 9th 2012 - 15:40 UTC

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A new icebreaker is scheduled to join Xuelong, China’s only Antarctic research vessel, in 2014, highlighting Beijing’s ambition for further exploration and scientific study in polar regions. Read full article

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lsolde
-“further exploration & scientific study”-
Don't you mean, exploration for resources”
e.g. coal, oil, gas, iron, copper,fresh water
had to happen one day.
Better start learning Mandarin.
Apr 10th, 2012 - 09:37 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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