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13 April 2021 23:12 GMT Updated 14 April 2021 10:03 GMT in Singapore
The Philippines and US armed forces will hold joint exercises over the coming fortnight as the rift deepens with Beijing over the strategic, resource-rich South China Sea.
The announcement about the joint planned exercise came hours after a phone call between US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin III and his Filipino counterpart Delfin Lorenzana.
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte had expressed his concern to China’s ambassador about Chinese vessels massing in the disputed waters, while Vietnam too has called on Beijing to respect its maritime sovereignty.
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Sea Bull IIbored a core of 231 meters more than 2,000 meters below the surface of the South China Sea on Wednesday, setting a new world record. (Photo by Jin Yongping/For chinadaily.com.cn)
China s deep-sea drilling system Sea Bull IIbored a core of 231 meters more than 2,000 meters beneath the surface in the South China sea at around 11 pm Wednesday, setting a new world record.
Sea Bull II, a project of China s National Key R&D Program, is also the country s first deep-sea drill with a depth of more than 100 meters with a pressure coring function.
China has set a world record for deep-sea drilling in the South China Sea, Chinese state media reported, while tensions in the disputed area are rising.
According to the Xinhua news agency, Chinese scientists aboard a marine research vessel drilled on Wednesday 2,060 meters (6758 feet) under the seabed to obtain a sediment core. China’s drilling system Sea Bull II is the world’s only seabed drilling equipment with a drilling capacity of more than 200 meters (656 feet), and it could help the country to explore natural gas hydrate resources, Xinhua says.
China has said in recent years it has successfully extracted gas from gas hydrates, also known as ‘fire ice’ or ‘flammable ice’, including in parts of the South China Sea.