Analytical practicesFiction Extractivist Speculation, Sci-technical Narrative, and China’s Deep-sea Surveillance As a science fiction genre, using fish-shaped cyborgs to monitor the sea is not the…Dongyang LiMay 2, 2023
Ocean energies Hydrothermal Fluids, Energy Extraction, and Temporal Scales In China's Deep-sea Exploratorium, hydrothermal vents are described as 'the ocean beneath the seafloor' (Figure…Dongyang LiMay 1, 2023
Deep-sea miningFisheries Deep Drilling, Deep Diving, Deep Nets, Deep Fishing Scientific mysteries still surround the deep ocean, the most recently discovered world on Earth. As…Dongyang LiApril 25, 2023
Aqua geo-politics China Moves Towards the Era of Deep-Sea Space Stations Similarly, an integrated research platform or integrated laboratory in the deep sea for the exploration…Dongyang LiApril 5, 2023
Fiction The Shark Scout (Fiction Excerpt) “Look, what’s here?” Sasha bent down and almost pressed his eyes to it before he…Dongyang LiMarch 27, 2023
Aqua geo-politicsDeep-sea mining Combustible Ice Sets off Global Battle for Seabed Resources …On June 27th, 2012, the manned submersible Jiaolong once again set a new “Chinese depth”…Dongyang LiMarch 21, 2023
Aqua geo-politics Imaginary Oceanic Technologies Image source: Youru Wu, Dianshi Zhai Pictorial Daketang ban (点石斋画报 大可堂版), issue 14, Shanghai: Shanghai…Dongyang LiMarch 4, 2023
Aqua geo-politics From Deep Diving to Deep Mining In his full-length reportage, writer Xu Chen (2016) describes the Chinese submarine Jiaolong’s (Figure 1)…Dongyang LiFebruary 12, 2023