China starts drilling superdeep borehole in landmark deep-Earth exploration

URUMQI, May 30 (Xinhua) — The drilling of China\’s first borehole over 10,000 meters deep for scientific exploration began at 11:46 a.m. on Tuesday in the Tarim Basin, northwest China\’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. This marks a great feat in China\’s deep-Earth exploration.

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