Why is China drilling a hole more than 10,000 metres deep?
2 June 2023
An oil company in China has started drilling a hole that would be the deepest in the country and among the deepest in the world
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A Chinese balloon that was travelling over the US, including over military sites, was shot down by a fighter jet on 4 February
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