China is preparing to mark 30 years of polar expeditions, when on 20 February 1985 opened its first permanent research station in Antarctica ... more areas to map them. As a gift for the 30th ...

Reuters China is increasing its Antarctic ... 2023/Handout via REUTERS Reuters A map shows the locations of existing Chinese Antarctic stations and the Inexpressible Island site of a new station ...

China’s inauguration of a new scientific research station in Antarctica last week has renewed debate about the purpose and impact of the rapid expansion of Chinese presence on the continent.

China has completed the construction of its fifth Antarctic research ... the station's designer, the Ross Sea is one of the last intact marine ecosystems on Earth. It is an ideal location for ...

China's Qinling Station in Antarctica, the country's fifth research station on the continent, started operation on Wednesday. The research facility is expected to help enhance mankind's scientific ...

China is expanding its footprint in Antarctica with its fifth research station on the continent. Recent satellite imagery shows construction progressing quickly at Qinling Station, located on ...

President Donald Trump has begun eroding the United States presence in Antarctica by announcing deep funding cuts to his nation’s science and logistics on the icy continent.The Trump administration ...

The site – a research station China has hailed as a means to expand its scientific investigation in the Antarctic – could also be used to enhance the country’s intelligence collection ...

On a remote island in the Southern Ocean, China’s Qinling Station has switched on Antarctica’s first large-scale hydrogen energy system — a breakthrough in sustaining research operations in one of the ...

As Wired reports, even scientists at the United States Antarctic ... scientific research. Worse yet, experts are concerned that other powerful nations, most notably Russia and China, could soon ...

Beijing - China's fourth Antarctic research station - the flying saucer-shaped Taishan - has officially opened, in another step for the country's exploration ambitions in both Earth and space. The ...

China's biggest flotilla of research vessels deployed to the Antarctic will focus on building the station on the rocky, windswept Inexpressible Island near the Ross Sea, a deep Southern Ocean bay ...