Tales about Fukushima’s Nuclear Wastewater Discharge
On 24 August 2023, Japan launched a plan to discharge Fukushima's nuclear wastewater into the…
Dongyang LiApril 30, 2024
“Black Peony” at sea (Fiction Excerpt)
The stars were hidden, the fog gone, the sky was a lovely blue connecting with…
Dongyang LiSeptember 12, 2023
Performing Outside Extractivism
Nowadays, China's maritime aesthetic often has a lot to do with its growing sea power…
Dongyang LiJuly 6, 2023
Whale Ranch [Translation]
"What good would that do?" I asked, really not understanding. "There are so many advantages!"…
Dongyang LiJune 26, 2023
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
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 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
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
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
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