A glimpse of the huge Antarctic "spy base" of the Chinese - voila! news. The facility, which covers an area of 5,244 square meters, can house up to 80 people throughout the year.
The remote Qinling Station, located on an island near the Ross Sea, is China's fifth Antarctic base and its third capable of operating year-round. Despite Chinese insistence that the base has no military role and is being built solely for scientific purposes, some analysts have warned that its capabilities are "dual-use in nature"