Meanwhile, a subsidiary of the CSIC is building a mothership, with a displacement of around 4,000 tonnes, for Jiaolong, expected to be put ...

During the trip the submersible dived over 8,000 metres below the sea surface once, 9,000 metres twice and 10,000 metres twice.

China's unmanned submersible Qianlong No 2 has succesfully completed its first exploration in the southwest Indian Ocean early this month.

China proposes joint mining of Indian Ocean with India where its deep diving vessel reported to have discovered large deposits gold and sil...

China's 'Jiaolong' deep-sea manned submersible returned from its maiden 118-day exploratory voyage to the Indian Ocean where it is reported...

With a size similar to a regular sea cucumber, the first mysterious creature broke into three parts when it was taken to the vessel in the ...

The project involves exploring the Indian Ocean for 120 days, reflects China's hunger for resources, and its long-term development plans.

Earlier China's State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said the discovery of poly metallic deposits in the southwest Indian Ocean as "beyond an...

China's deep-sea manned submersible today carried out its first dive in the southwest Indian Ocean to look for deposits of copper, zinc and...

China is planning to deploy its indigenous deep sea manned submersible to locate the wreckage of the missing Malaysian airliner, even as se...

Naval intelligence has expressed concern that this will provide an excuse for China to operate warships and compile data on resources in In...