Imagine this: you’re wading through waist-deep water in the middle of Shanghai. The streets you once knew are gone, swallowed by a flood that feels endless. Around you, everything is broken — cars overturned, shop signs half-submerged, pieces of debris drifting past like forgotten memories. Fires burn strangely on the water’s surface, patches of orange and red dancing across the grey flood, crackling in defiance against the rising tide.In the distance, the Oriental Pearl Tower looms, but not as

China has marked a leap in deep-sea exploration capabilities with the successful completion of its first manned dive under Arctic ice. Chinese scientists concluded the country's 15th Arctic scientific expedition with the return of the Chinese research icebreaker Xuelong 2 to Shanghai on September 26. With the support of Xuelong 2, mothership Shenhai 1 successfully carried the Jiaolong submersible for its first manned deep dive in the Arctic ice zone. | CGTN