China's underwater 'space station'
The alleged on-going land reclamation of China at Subi reef is seen from Pagasa island in the Spratlys group of islands in the South China Sea, west of Palawan, Philippines, in this May 11, 2015 file photo. Photo: REUTERS
China is speeding up efforts to design and build a manned deep-sea platform to help it hunt for minerals in the South China Sea. The platform may also serve a military purpose in the disputed waters. Such an oceanic “space station” laboratory would be located as much as 3,000m below the surface, according to a recent Science Ministry presentation viewed by Bloomberg.
The project was mentioned in China’s current five-year economic plan released in March, and ranked number two on a list of the top 100 science and technology priorities.
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