{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_he6x7k47mxeaidxqylza","title":"Chinese deep-ocean drilling ship brings home ‘precious’ South China Sea samples","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/chinese-deep-ocean-drilling-ship-brings-home-precious-south-china-sea-he6x7k47mx","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_he6x7k47mxeaidxqylza","seq":577559,"kind":"article","title":"Chinese deep-ocean drilling ship brings home ‘precious’ South China Sea samples","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3369137/chinese-deep-ocean-drilling-ship-brings-home-precious-south-china-sea-samples","summary":"The 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’s tectonic history. The 30-day expedition organised by the China Geological Survey tested the operational capabilities of the world’s most powerful deep-ocean drilling ship, according to a report published on Monday by the official ministry newspaper Science and Technology…","published":"2026-09-29T04:11:17Z","seen":"2026-09-29T04:41:31Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-scmp-com-eac487","name":"scmp.com","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"wikidata":"Q1198574","name":"South China Morning Post","type":"newspaper","country":"CN","designations":["daily newspaper","online newspaper"]}},"via":"kite-scmp-com-eac487","topics":["asia"],"authors":["author","Victoria Bela"],"entities":[{"id":"Q37660","name":"South China Sea","type":"place"}],"image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/09/29/87cab3d6-b6b4-449c-90a0-5d43d87d2f77_6c896271.jpg?itok=SVKCHUtC&v=1790653833","story":"st_he6x7k47mxeaidxqylza","category":"science-technology","category_p":0.6600000262260437,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":0.3799999952316284,"political":0.10000000149011612}]}