Why are Chinese state-owned deep-sea mining vessels outside research zones?
#Mongabay and @cnn.com analyzed the routes these ships took for the past five years and found them navigating close to key U.S. military territory.
Experts believed they might be serving a dual-purpose.
A Mongabay and CNN investigation found the eight Chinese state-owned ships that conduct deep-sea mining research in China’s mining areas allocated by the International Seabed Authority (ISA) actually…
