China submersible breaks 7,000-metre mark
CHINA: A manned Chinese submersible broke through the 7,000-metre
mark for a new national record on Sunday, state media said, as the
rising Asian nation showed off its technological might.
The "Jiaolong" craft dived 7,015 metres (23,015 feet) in the Mariana
Trench in the western Pacific Ocean on its fourth dive since arriving in
the area earlier this month, the official Xinhua news agency said.
The dive came on the same day as China was attempting its first
manual space docking, a complex manoeuvre that will bring the country a
step closer to building a space station.
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