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The Xuelong 2, China s first domestically built polar research icebreaker, arrived in Hong Kong on Monday morning for a five-day pit stop amid a warm welcome by local residents. This also marks the vessel s first visit to the city as well as the return of a Chinese polar research icebreaker to the city after nearly 20 years since the Xuelong docked in Hong Kong in 2004.
A 'research station' in Antarctica being created by the Chinese government has been claimed to be a research facility, But experts say it is a military and intelligence gathering rather than an observatory