{"id":158112,"date":"2026-09-29T04:11:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T04:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158112"},"modified":"2026-09-29T04:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T04:11:17","slug":"chinese-deep-ocean-drilling-ship-brings-home-precious-south-china-sea-samples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=158112","title":{"rendered":"Chinese deep-ocean drilling ship brings home \u2018precious\u2019 South China Sea samples"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe ocean drilling ship Mengxiang has returned from its first expedition in the South China Sea, where it set a national depth record and obtained basalt core samples that could help to unravel the region\u2019s tectonic history.<br \/>\nThe 30-day expedition organised by the China Geological Survey tested the operational capabilities of the world\u2019s most powerful deep-ocean drilling ship, according to a report published on Monday by the official ministry newspaper Science and Technology Daily.<br \/>\nDuring the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/science\/article\/3369137\/chinese-deep-ocean-drilling-ship-brings-home-precious-south-china-sea-samples?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostThe ocean drilling ship Mengxiang has returned from its first expedition in the South China Sea, where it set a national depth record and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158112"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158112\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=158112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=158112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}